Open Market

Monday we started our day off by visiting our Christian friend, again! This time I didn't buy anything from her! We took our laundry there to be done since she has a laundry service, and we took some pictures of ourselves, our email address, and a Louie Giglio DVD "How Great is Our God". I had packed it away for Scott and I to watch, since we both love Louie, and thought how wonderful it would be to get to share that here in China. She was pretty excited. She and her husband live across the street from their shop. She pays $150 a month for rent; no air conditioning and she said it is not nice at all. She has a little girl that is 6. She ended up buying Scott and I ice cream cones!

Later we went with some other families to the Open Market. It was a sight to see. Booth after booth of people selling dried goods: grains, nuts, spices, snakes, cockroaches, frogs, centipedes, tongues, feet from some small animals, sea horses, squid, mushrooms. I have NO idea what they use all of that for! I have no idea how they make ANY money because there were hundreds of booths that were all selling the same stuff. We made our way through a very dark and narrow alley and hit the "wet"market, which is their meat market. We got there during their nap time apparently, because so many people were napping and there very little meat being sold. We saw some pig heads that had been cut in half and some other pork. No USDA there!!! Scott and another guy is going back this morning. Their busy times are from 9-12 and 3-6. We also hit the vegetable/fruit market on our way out. It all looked SO good, but, they say you have to peel everything you get because of the bacteria. There was some crazy man that came up to us and was ranting and raving, we think, about us adopting the girls. This may have been my second cussing out from a Chinese man! Other locals, however, shook their heads and smiled at us as if to say "Don't listen to that freak!" Everyone else we've encountered have been very nice.

We ended our day with dinner at a Cantonese Restaurant, where they put all of the food on a lazy susan and it is served family style. It really was pretty good. Nothing to crazy to eat. There were live eel, snakes, fish, and turtles right outside the entrance, so we were a bit apprehensive going it. Our guide, Shyan, told us she had ordered conservative food for us!
We finished our supper, did some more shopping (Scott has been a real trooper!), and came back and were in bed before 10:00!

How sweet is this face??!!