Last hours in Darcy's province

Breakfast (our best effort yet ~ we're getting this down to a science now, too bad we won't have breakfast buffets at home...) was followed with the dreaded "pack up" and an early nap for the kiddos.  Thank goodness we had the foresight to get a nap for them in the morning instead of pushing through the day!

 

Sleepy babies

At 1:30 we checked out of our hotel, had them hold our bags, and headed for one last walk along the West Lake.  It really is a beautiful area!  And it was so refreshing that while we still got our share of stares, we also got lots of smiles, thumbs up, and one elderly gentleman who spoke to us for a few minutes and told us that he liked our beautiful hearts.  Here are a  few of my favorite shots from our time by the water.

This picture cracks me up.  Peaceful lake with pagoda background and Darcy dishing it out to Caleb over his snack selfishness in the foreground.  And so it begins...

These three have Daddy's number. Of course the giant puffball of spun sugar cost a whopping total of three yuan. 

A moment with my big girl.
 

  

There were a lot of musicians and singers just randomly scattered about the boardwalk and the music brought out my dancing queens. 

The reason Caleb wasn't dancing.  We've tried "Finger Licking Roast Pork" flavor Lay's stacks, "Sweet Chili Sauce" flavor Bugles, "French Roast Chicken" flavor Lay's chips, and these Prawn Crackers.  In Caleb's book, the Prawn Crackers rule.  My personal favorite have been the Bugles.

And I thought getting two looking at the camera at the same time was difficult... 

  

Savor was a wonderful guide and we really enjoyed our time with her!  

Savor saw us through security and then the nightmare of being stuck in the airport (at dinner time) in a cloud of smoke (I'm sure we all lost about five years of our lives due the the sheer amounts of second hand smoke we inhaled) and then eating "dinner" on the run way took over...