Life in Guangzhou- Sunday 8/22

We are almost done with Sunday here but it is just beginning back home.  There is some kind of church up the road but we did not muster the enthusiasim to go.  Tonight we will go to a group dinner at a Thai restaurant.  The food choices are very interesting.  I checked a menu outside a Chinese place the other night and one of the featured dishes was something like Chan insect delight.  Even potato chips are seaweed/shrimp flavor or something that is very unusual to us.  I think I could get used to some of the flavors here but it would take awhile.  You will all never guess where we ate last night- yep, Subway!!  It is about 1/4 the size of ours & only 4 bread choices  no flatbread.  Dan asked the person working if he could buy anything like a hat but she only smiled.  Her English was probably too limited to understand.  Dan kept saying how good the sub was so he must really be homesick.   We have to be very careful about any uncooked veggies so was nice to get some at Subway.  There was only 1 cheese choice & not as many options as we have but still good. We'll have to go back again before we leave.  There is that and a Starbucks within short walking distance.  The people here work all the time.  Every time we go into Lucy's restaurant, the same people are working. The man in one of the little shops near the hotel works from 9am  to 9pm, 7 days a week.  There are many historic buildings here so  brides come here to be photographed in their dresses.  We were told it is a custom after the wedding.  We've seen some grooms & brides too- also several that people being photographed that  look like they are modeling for magazines.   Tomorrow we go on a trip to a pearl market and I think Tuesday night is a dinner buffett on the Pearl River.                                   
                                                                     It's All about me

On the wrong side of he counter??               Wish they had a 5 Yuan footlong