** Adoption countdown: 4 days until Pam, Terry and Matthew return home **
GUANGZHOU, China (Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, 10:35 p.m.) – I couldn’t think of a nicer way to end a hectic day than stopping at Starbucks on Sunday night for a Caramel Frappuccino.
So that’s exactly what Pam, Matthew and I did. I bought a Frappuccino, Pam had an iced tea and Matthew had a little of both. He seemed to like the iced tea better than my Frappuccino.
Today is another busy day as we join a couple of other families for a visit to the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees in Guangzhou, one of the four best Buddhist temples in the city.
Originally built in 537, the temple has been redone several times. The name also has changed from the Changshou Temple to the Jinghui Temple and, finally, to its current name.
Buddhist monks are expected to give a blessing to Chinese children who are being adopted by American families. We visited the temple last time with our daughter; we plan to do it again on Monday.
I’ll have photos and a story to share on Monday. Until then, you can visit our latest photo gallery at the bottom of this blog post. Enjoy.
Copyright 2008 by Terry R. Cassreino. All rights reserved.
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