Friday,
November 27, 2009
BUDDHIST TEMPLE AND
CHEN'S ANCESTRAL ALL
We now have an active toddler. Zoe is coming out of her
shell more and more and showing us her true personality.
She doesn't cry anymore in the car but gets really quiet
still.
This morning we met our guide in the lobby at 9:00 am and
took a short cab ride to the Buddhist Temple. This Temple
is very old, built in 541 A.D. There is a nine story
Pagoda and many small Temples. We had Zoe and our family
blessed by the Monk. She sat on her knees like us during
the whole ceremony. After that we took another cab ride to
Chen's Ancestral Hall, which has many different galleries
within it. Zoe loved this placed and would run along the
long pathways and we had to run to catch up. We bought the
kids some cool bracelets with a real scorpion, spider and
small crab in it. We took another cab ride from here to
the Jade Market, which was like a very big shopping mall
with lots of different shops. We ate lunch at the same
mall and had Dim Sum which was very good. We sat by all of
the cooks and they couldn't keep their eyes off Zoe, I
don't think they got much work done while we were there. We got back just after 1:00 pm and talked to Uncle Sean
and Aunt Anna on Skype and then settled in for a 3 hour
nap. Enjoy the pictures!
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Being blessed by the Monk
Zoe inside the Temple after Blessing |
