Alone No More

I got a good taxi (meaning nice driver and clean taxi) to take me to the girls school to pick them up. So I asked him to wait 5 minutes (Qǐng děngdài 5 fēnzhōng) while I collected the girls. Then asked him to go to Pudong International Airport (Pǔdōng guójì jīchǎng). The driver asked me lots of questions in Chinglish. He asked, "England". I said Canada. He gestured up and said, "airport". I gestured down and said, "arrivals". He pointed at Alexis and said, "Papa". I pointed at myself and said, "Mama". He said, "taxi airport stop" pointed at me and said, "Mama taxi home". The driver dropped us off at arrivals, I paid for the fare there and we went to wait for Mama. About 1/2 an hour later the same driver shows up behind me and says, "hello" with a smile. He waited with us and took Mama's luggage on a cart for us. Brought us to the car in the parking lot and loaded her luggage. This was great because he knew exactly where I was picked up so knew where I wanted to go. No need to get my map out.
Mama arrived 15 minutes early, but it still took and hour to get luggage and past customs. We were waiting for her when she walked the long path past all the people. We were at the very end and so happy to see her.

So Mama is here in our home now. We can't wait to show her around.