Greetings from Rainy Nanchang

To start with, if your travel agent ever tells you that Nanchang is a lovely place to visit this time of year, your travel agent is a big fat liar head.


It's been raining and cold since we've arrived. Despite that, we decided to venture out with about 2/3 of the other families to take a little tour of some of Nanchang's sights...
We traveled first to a Chinese history museum. The first floor of the museum was filled with dinosaur bones found in China... and Mr. Piggly Wiggly made his triumphant return. He'd been hiding out in the hotel room after he heard about the sweet and sour pork being served at lunch, but now felt as if the coast may be clear.


One floor of the museum was dedicated to sea life...

Another floor was dedicated to Buddha... we saw how different dynasties and different people of China have seen Buddha... there were angry Buddhas, happy Buddhas, and sad Buddhas... here are a few of them...


Gracie seemed to lose interest partway through the tour.

We were going to next head to a porcelain district where they had some of the greatest porcelain in China... but all three of us were getting cold and tired, and we decided to pack it in and head back to the hotel for a warm bottle and a nap.

We're now settling back into our hotel room for the afternoon... check out the swanky digs! (and yes, there is a floor to ceiling window looking out over the city from the shower... so if you forget to close the curtain, you give the whole city a show!)


Two more days in Nanchang, then we're off to sunny Guangzhou for five days and nights of warmth and sunshine (we hope!)... and final travel arrangements to bring Gracie home!