We stayed out pretty late on Saturday night so we were determined to sleep in and have a leisurely day on Sunday. We were also thrilled hat we didn't have another tour. Don't get me wrong, they were great, but they were exhausting. Some lasted 9 hours long, and we were on our feet all day. By Sunday we really needed a break. Jenny set us up with a bunch of tours but on Sunday she decided it was time to give us our own tour. We decided that we were not interested in going on any more "t-words" so Jenny decided the title "point of interest walk" was a more appropriate description. Jenny and Steve took us down the street from their building to a housing place for communist officials when Guangzhou was the communist party headquarters for a short period in the 1930s. The rooms were no frills and a bit dreary but they were in a pretty Victorian style building. Next they took us down the street to another communist museum. Everything was written in Chinese, so often Jenny and Steve had to translate. Next they took us to the beautiful park that is the main attraction from the balcony of Jenny and Steve's apartment. The park was very pretty. It was on a few lakes, one of which contained hundreds an hundreds of giant goldfish. One of my favorite things about the park, however, was simply watching Jenny and Steve together. They are so happy together and are one of the happiest married couples I have ever seen. Midway through the park there was a cute little kids game where you throw rings and try to get them around a prize. The best part was that the prizes were REAL baby ducks and rabbits. There were also smaller prizes. We all tried to win, Liz won a kids toy she gave to the cute little boy standing next to her. Steve won a rabbit!!! But for some reason they didn't give it to him!! They just handed him more rings. I know it was a prize because occasionally we would see kids walking around the park with baby animals. We went to a French bakery and got a few snacks for lunch and then went over to an art street a few blocks away from the apartment. We had some great finds there! Liz even found a huge painting for her newly redecorated bedroom. It was really awesome. Our bargaining skills have tremendously improved since we've been here. We bargain for everything and in most cases get the prices cut in more than half. My greatest bargain was from an original price of 250 rmb to 50 rmb!!! That's a price difference from about $41 to about $9. I think a lot of times here they overprice a lot of things. We walked took the bus home a little later (after being attacked by Mosquitos). A great, relaxing POI walk with Jenny and Steve!
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