We had a much more relaxing day today. Up early, as usual for me -- but I need my quiet time in the morning! Had breakfast downstairs in the hotel and then off with our guide to an open air flower market.......flowers as far as you could see -- really beautiful and inexpensive. We bought 2 large bunches of lilies and some roses for about $6 ! Too bad we can't bring them back to CT. The people in the flower market were (as usual) very curious about all of us, especially Lindsay. They love her light skin and will just walk up to her and touch her which, admittedly, she's growing tired of. Today a woman squeezed her cheek and said that she had "fat cheeks"..... of which Lindsay too great offense! I tried to explain to her later that, in this culture, that's a good thing.......to be "fat" is equal to being "healthy" -but she wasn't buying it! We also went to the jade factory -- beautiful things there as well. Much less expensive here than Shanghai.
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