We went to Purple Mountain this morning. It is a beautiful urban oasis with beautiful trees. The "Mountain" designation is a bit stretched by Colorado standards, but "Purple Hummock" doesn't have quite the same ring. Sun Yat-Sen's Masoleum is located there, at the top of 392 stairs. Medora made the hike up and down the stairs like a trooper, powered by a small package of fish pieces as a snack.
After seeing Sun Yat-Sen's masoleum, we had coffee and tea in a cafe to warm up. The cafe is your classic tourist trap and had an attached store selling jewelry and other souvenirs. There was a little 4 year old girl hanging out in the store, as her father was working there. She and Medora took to each other immediately and quickly worked out a bunch of silly games to play together.
Next up was viewing the Nanjing City Gate, which was constructed in the 1300s (see photo). It was entertaining to try to explain to Medora what this was about. I settled on "the bad guys wanted to come in and steal their stuff, so this was a way to shut the door on them and say no". Medora had about 50 million questions about this, and it was hilarious to see this from a 4 year old's point of view. It got a little tricky when we came upon an exhibit of cannons and cannon balls. Of all the things we've seen on the trip, the city gate piqued her interest - it elicited the most questions from her and she was reluctant to leave even though we were all chilled.
Tonight and tomorrow it will likely snow! Brrrr.
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So Medora is still in touch with her roots enough to want a bag full of fish bits - is she bilingual, or pretty much operating in English?
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