We found out that we'll meet Lian on Monday afternoon. They will drive her from Kunshan City to Nanjing, a roughly three hour drive. I can only wonder what goes through a four year old's head on a drive like that. Brave kiddo.
It was raining steadily when we woke up this morning and never stopped all day. Nanjing is really quite pretty, and somehow the city of 7.5 million people feels "manageable" after the nonstop craziness of Shanghai.
We went to the Nanjing War Memorial, which was terrific albeit a heavy topic. Rather like seeing the Anne Frank house ... something that you're glad you did but it isn't an easy visit. After that, we went to a working loom museum. It was fascinating to see how they make the elaborate fabrics and tapestries. The machine is 15 feet long and 10 feet high. It takes two people to operate - one sits on top of the machine setting the pattern and the other sits on the ground setting the colors. They do this by memory. Amazing. After that we walked around a lake and temple. We had lunch in a dumpling restaurant - thank goodness for our guide on this one, we couldn't have ordered on our own (no picture menu, no English transations). We ordered a couple different kinds of dumplings, including duck (yes, I tried one of these too!). Very tasty.
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