Shamian Island is a beautiful place. It kinda seemed a tropical- thick foliage, muggy, only difference is that it was fairly chilly! We got a lot of souvenirs there, walked around, ate lunch while listening to 80s music. Before any of that, we dropped our laundry off. Most of the souvenir shops (named things like Sherry's Place, Michael's Place, Susan's Place, see the pattern?) will do your laundry and even deliver it to your hotel! They will also let you borrow a stroller, free of charge for the entire length of your stay! It's amazing!
We ate in Shamian Park, which had two restaurants, bathrooms, a playground and a wine store! After lunch, we went over to the playground. We got little half-smiles on the slide. Then I started throwing her in the air and that's when the big smiles and giggles came! (We took a video, but this app won't let me post videos!)
When we left the park and went to Jordan's who made little poster with Ginny in English and Chinese and what the characters mean. 'Gin' means grace and 'ny' means tender. He didn't charge us for it, except to talk our ears off! He was really nice, but definitely liked to talk!
She fell asleep on the ride home (pic below), slept all the way up to the room and woke up as soon as I put her down! We've been chilling since, trying to figure out what else will make her smile, what she likes, etc.
She is definitely opening up to us and our next goal is words! We'll take any word in any language!
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