Guangzhou 14 June

DSCN6773 Trying to find the Decathalon store DSCN6775 Navigating with Austin's help at a distance DSCN6776 This looked more like Neiman-Marcus than REI! DSCN6785 Finally we got there: the Gaungzhou equivalent of REI, almost!
DSCN6777 We all went to our own section. DSCN6778 Christine's section was running/trail shoes. DSCN6779 There was quite a selection. DSCN6780 One has to try them on, see how they feel.
DSCN6782 This could be the pair! (It was!) DSCN6783 I spent a lot of time in the fitting rooms DSCN6788 trying on clothes marked XXL DSCN6786 Nikki chilled (really!) in the court shoe area.
DSCN6789 We stocked up!! All present and future grandchildren will have backpacks! 20160614 171447 The very light zip off pants I got to replace some heavy cotton pants purchased a decade ago in Prague needed to be hemmed. 20160614 171507 So Nikki took me to the campus tailor 20160614 171743 He was a very nice man who shortened the pants for $1.25. So glad I got that done there!
20160614 173046 Then Nikki took me to the campus stores, filled with nonsensical stuff printed on sensible items. 20160614 173115 "Good Night- the story begins"? What does that mean? 20160614 173430 is that like "I'm with Stupid-->" 20160614 173515 Imagine finding this! Zytglogge in Bern!! Don't forget to "art your time"!
20160614 175907 Nikki bought her mom some blank notebooks. 20160614 175911 Seldom have I seen her so happy! 20160614 175913 Omigod! Blank pages! 20160614 185616 Then we went to dinner at one of N&A's favorite restaurants (a Hunan chain?)
20160614 185635 Nikki knows! 20160614 185750 It was quiet, which was nice, and it was cool! 20160614 191020 We had a variety of very different dishes 20160614 191034 and enjoyed them all, especially the dessert "doughnut"!
20160614 195915 Nikki waiting with us at the bus station from whence we will head to the airport 20160614 195954 It was so much fun visiting our Nikki and her Austin 20160614 195955 I think she liked it too! 20160614 195959
20160615 090758 On the plane back to Europe, an article about the Tea Horse Road with a photo purportedly from Shaxi! 20160615 090840 For the Anglophones among you 20160615 091002 Yet more places to go: Shangri-La!