Around 10am, we set out on an hour-long walk to find the library. To our delight, we passed this cool looking building, but to our disappointment, we could not figure out what it was. (I had to convince Eric not to sneak through the side door.) We walked on.
After a long, but enjoyable walk, we reached one of our destinations: the Nanjing Library. This has been on our to-do list for a few days now, especially considering the rumored trove of tens of thousands of English books there (but only one of which can be checked out at a time). But, to our disappointment (again), we forgot our passports an hour-walk away, so we were unable to even get past the front desk. If you are confused, stay in tune, and maybe one day we will post on the differences between a library in the U.S. and a library in China.
Luckily, our next destination was only a ten-second walk away. Kiersten has been wanting to find a Carrefour ever since we came to Nanjing, so we were very excited to find out there was one right next to the library. Unfortunately, we were expecting something more like the Metro we found in Shanghai. So, Kiersten is still on the search for China-unfindable cooking products (i.e. vanilla, powdered sugar, etc.).
The one good thing about Carrefour, though, is that we finally caved in and bought a good bag-full of mooncakes. 
The last part of our day included looking up at the moon, a must-do on Mid-Autumn Festival. Unfortunately, due to a relapse of both Kiersten and Eric's headaches, sore throats, coughs, temperatures, etc., we opted to take our viewing by leaning out of our balcony window and looking up. Not the ideal spot to view the best moon of the year, but the most enjoyable sounding option at the time. So, what did you do to celebrate?
1 comment:
It look very yummy!!!!
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