Tuesday in Nanchang

I am writing this post a little late since our network connection was down earlier. I'll try to recall as best I can...
Today was a pretty relaxing day, though last night was rough.
Lilah was definitely grieving losing her foster family and was very distraught and crying. The only thing we could do to console her was to walk in the hallway of the hotel, which she loves to do. Back and forth from one end of the hallway to the other. The windows at the ends of the hall are floor to ceiling and she loves to look out at all the lights in the city. There is a huge lighted Ferris wheel across the river near a bridge with lights that continuously change color. After a long while walking back and forth, she was finally exhausted enough to fall asleep in Erin's arms while sitting in the hall.
After waking up later than usual, we had a good buffet breakfast at the hotel. Lilah loves to eat, and after she polished off a bottle she ate some bacon, fried rice, duck, and a bit of fish (all part of Chinese breakfast apparently).
Later on we went to the Revolutionary Museum located nearby in the city. Nanchang was the site of the first uprising by the Communist Party to overthrow the Japanese who ruled via a puppet emperor. Hopefully I'm getting the history right here...I'll have to watch "The Last Emperor" again sometime for a refresher.
Anyway, after the museum, we went shopping on a long, wide street that is closed to traffic. The lack of traffic is nice, because you can actually relax while walking without having to be constantly on guard. Except for the occasional electric scooter that seemingly ignored the signs, barricades, and armed policemen, there were only pedestrians to be concerned about. As usual, Quinn drew a lot of attention with many people especially teenage girls stopping to look, point and smile at him. Lilah also got a lot of looks while she rode in Erin's front pack. Our guide explained that Nanchang does not get many western visitors, so we were definitely an unusual sight.
There were many, many shops some of which were familiar like Nike (expensive here as well) but most unfamiliar. There are a lot of KFC restaurants in China, and I am told that it is the most popular western restaurant chain. We also learned that they fry the chicken in fish oil and likely would not taste very familiar. That's OK by us since the local food we have been eating is excellent and very inexpensive. When we ate a family style dinner with 3 other families at a very nice restaurant, our total bill was 250 Yuan, which is roughly $37; this was for 8 or 9 dishes, soda, beer and even the tip!