Morning breaks over Urumqi.
We decided to again, head over to the park to stretch our legs and take in the sites once more.
At this point, Audrey is smiling more when with us. She is waking up without crying and the last few days I've been able to put her down on the bed at night with a bottle and she's gone to sleep without crying.
She was feeling particularly playful and mischievous today...
The shoes I brought with me from the states are a bit too big for her so we stopped and bought her a new pair of tennis shoes. She loves them and holds that black box with her wherever we go that day.
Even though it is later in the afternoon, there are still lots of people in the park, congregating under the shaded areas of the park. The people pictured here are listening to music.
We end our day in the park by eating at the Muslim restaurant we've gone to almost everyday.
After this, we went back to our room and got the great news via email from our guide that Audrey's passport was ready! We were so happy we did a little happy dance that Audrey thought was sooo funny! ;-). We left early the next morning on a China Southern flight for Guangzhou.
This turned out to be probably the worst day with Audrey yet. As I mentioned in my previous post, Audrey screamed almost the entire flight. We used some Dramamine to help her sleep and to fight any motion sickness she might have. It backfired on us and I think made her more cranky. I felt bad for the people around us but short of letting her run wild around the plane, pulling other people's hair, throwing all magazines on the ground, etc., there was nothing we could do. This did not end once we landed and culminated in Audrey biting my shoulder while we were waiting for luggage. When our guide, Amy picked us up, she asked how we were doing & I burst into tears.
We checked into our hotel, the China Marriott, had dinner across the street at McDonalds, and hit the hay early. No pictures taken today...it's frankly a day I'd rather forget...
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