The hotel is older, but our family's suite is HUGE! I mean.....it has a two living rooms, a large bedroom, and two bathrooms! Basically, it's bigger than my first apartment. The kids have had a blast running through all the rooms, jumping on the beds, and literally climbing the walls. Yeah, I'm that mom. :)
Today is a free day for us to explore the city. The sun rises in Harbin at 4:45am so the bright light peaking through the curtains had us up early. We started the day with a breakfast of fried rice and cod. An atypical breakfast, but delicious nonetheless. I was dying for some coffee, and I got tickled to see the demitasse cups available at the hotel breakfast. Yes, I'll take 12 of those thank you very much! After breakfast, we headed to the park. China has large, beautiful parks with manicured gardens and lots of activities and rides for kids. The boys chose the bumper cars and Sophia, the carousel. And, of course, bubble wands are always a hit!
Harbin is different than the other cities we have visited in China which tend to be more westernized. First off, no one in Harbin speaks English. No one. We've done a lot of gesturing and pointing to try to order at restaurants or purchase supplies at Walmart. Second, it's been clear the people in Harbin are not used to seeing large(ish) families, especially multicultural ones like ours. Everywhere we go we get long, curious looks, and one man even took out his phone to video our family. Um...ok. 😳Today, at the park a women came up to us smiling with three fingers raised as if to say, "Three? You have three kids???" Yes, I thought, and another one will be added to the bunch tomorrow. I guess in the land of only children (due to years of the One Child Policy), our family seems like the
Duggers. But overall, people have been friendly, just a bit curious.
We plan to spend the rest of the day getting stocked and ready for Miss Abigail! We meet her tomorrow at 9am sharp at the Civil Affairs office, and this mama can't wait!
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