guangzhou

kind of have mixed feelings about our time in guangzhou. we looooved the hotel, but we didn't really see any of the city. faj got us a room at the mariott with hotel points he's accumulated. we got in late, around 8, checked in and they told us we had been upgraded to a business suite since faj is a platinum member. so we walked in to this:

i have a weakness for fluffy beds with many pillows, so if it was up to me i would have gotten in bed at 8pm and not gotten out until checkout at noon the next day. but we forced ourselves out to get some random noodle dish in an alley before heading back.

then i took a bath. and the house in round rock has no bath tub, so this was my first bath since december 2009 at gram's house. it was lovely.
i felt kind of like a ragamuffin every time i was in the lobby dressed in shorts, a t shirt and sandals when everyone else was in power suits.
our flight the next day was at 4, so we only had time to check out and eat lunch. i guess technically we could have done a lot more if we could have forced ourselves out of bed any earlier than noon. spotted this super chinese packing job on the way.
german food at bistro something.
ladies and gents restrooms.

and those are all of the pictures of guangzhou.