The Trip
As of this writing, we are leaving for China in 6 days. We have our bags 85% packed. We have the cat sitter scheduled. We have alerted my work, Paul's work, and Trevor's school. Camille's room is 95% complete. We are almost there.
We intend to post on this blog as often as possible while in China. I have heard that some people have trouble posting on Blogger (Blogspot) in China. If we have trouble, we will post somewhere else, and try to put a link here as to where else we are posting. If, a few days after we leave, you don't see any updates here, and you don't get an e-mail telling you where else to go, and you want to see our trip as it progresses, please e-mail us. The link to our e-mail address is in our profile, up at the top of this page. We can receive e-mail and will read it regularly, and we will direct you where else to go for our updates.
Here is the itinerary for our trip:
Sunday 9/3: Leave Sunday evening for Beijing.
Tuesday 9/5: Arrive at the crack of dawn in Beijing (We lose a day in travel). Free day in Beijing, adjust to time difference. Stay at the Beijing Peace Hotel.
Wednesday 9/6: Tour the Great Wall of China and the Ming Tombs.
Thursday 9/7: Tour Tianamen Square, the Forbidden City.
Friday 9/8: Leave Beijing and fly to Hong Kong. Meet up with our adoption travel group (13 families). This is the official start of our adoption trip. Stay at the Regal Kowloon.
Saturday 9/9: Tour Hong Kong.
Sunday 9/10: Leave Hong Kong for Nanchang, the capitol of the province of Jiangxi, where our daughter is. Stay at the Galactic Peace International Hotel. Oh yeah also WE GET CAMILLE TODAY. Little side note there.
Monday 9/11: Still in Nanchang. Adoption finalization is today. Apply for Camille's Chinese passport.
Tuesday 9/12: Waiting for passport. Enjoy Nanchang.
Wednesday 9/13: Still waiting for passport. Tour Nanchang and surrounding area.
Thursday 9/14: Still waiting for passport. Receive adoption finalization paperwork. Tour Nanchang and surrounding area.
Friday 9/15: Receive Camille's Chinese passport in the afternoon. Receive more adoption finalization paperwork. Keep trying to enjoy Nanchang.
Saturday 9/16: Leave Nanchang for Guangzhou. Guangzhou is where the U.S. Consulate is that all Americans adopting from China must go through. Stay at the White Swan Hotel.
Sunday 9/17: Shop, rest, tour.
Monday 9/18: Have Camille's U.S. required physical. Have her visa photo taken (visa to enter the U.S., not her first credit card).
Tuesday 9/19: Appointment at the U.S. Consulate.
Wednesday 9/20: Take oath at the U.S. Consulate to take care of Camille, etc. Not sure why the "consulate appointment" takes 2 days. That's government for ya.
Thursday 9/21: Leave Guangzhou for Hong Kong. Leave Hong Kong for Los Angeles. Leave Los Angeles for home. Arrive at home airport same day, 7:50 p.m., international date line and all that. Collapse in own bed. Wake up 45 minutes later to crying baby and wide-awake 6 year old with reversed internal clocks. Cry pathetically that "I can't do this!" Receive comforting and reassuring words from husband, who then rolls over and goes back to sleep.
We intend to post on this blog as often as possible while in China. I have heard that some people have trouble posting on Blogger (Blogspot) in China. If we have trouble, we will post somewhere else, and try to put a link here as to where else we are posting. If, a few days after we leave, you don't see any updates here, and you don't get an e-mail telling you where else to go, and you want to see our trip as it progresses, please e-mail us. The link to our e-mail address is in our profile, up at the top of this page. We can receive e-mail and will read it regularly, and we will direct you where else to go for our updates.
Here is the itinerary for our trip:
Sunday 9/3: Leave Sunday evening for Beijing.
Tuesday 9/5: Arrive at the crack of dawn in Beijing (We lose a day in travel). Free day in Beijing, adjust to time difference. Stay at the Beijing Peace Hotel.
Wednesday 9/6: Tour the Great Wall of China and the Ming Tombs.
Thursday 9/7: Tour Tianamen Square, the Forbidden City.
Friday 9/8: Leave Beijing and fly to Hong Kong. Meet up with our adoption travel group (13 families). This is the official start of our adoption trip. Stay at the Regal Kowloon.
Saturday 9/9: Tour Hong Kong.
Sunday 9/10: Leave Hong Kong for Nanchang, the capitol of the province of Jiangxi, where our daughter is. Stay at the Galactic Peace International Hotel. Oh yeah also WE GET CAMILLE TODAY. Little side note there.
Monday 9/11: Still in Nanchang. Adoption finalization is today. Apply for Camille's Chinese passport.
Tuesday 9/12: Waiting for passport. Enjoy Nanchang.
Wednesday 9/13: Still waiting for passport. Tour Nanchang and surrounding area.
Thursday 9/14: Still waiting for passport. Receive adoption finalization paperwork. Tour Nanchang and surrounding area.
Friday 9/15: Receive Camille's Chinese passport in the afternoon. Receive more adoption finalization paperwork. Keep trying to enjoy Nanchang.
Saturday 9/16: Leave Nanchang for Guangzhou. Guangzhou is where the U.S. Consulate is that all Americans adopting from China must go through. Stay at the White Swan Hotel.
Sunday 9/17: Shop, rest, tour.
Monday 9/18: Have Camille's U.S. required physical. Have her visa photo taken (visa to enter the U.S., not her first credit card).
Tuesday 9/19: Appointment at the U.S. Consulate.
Wednesday 9/20: Take oath at the U.S. Consulate to take care of Camille, etc. Not sure why the "consulate appointment" takes 2 days. That's government for ya.
Thursday 9/21: Leave Guangzhou for Hong Kong. Leave Hong Kong for Los Angeles. Leave Los Angeles for home. Arrive at home airport same day, 7:50 p.m., international date line and all that. Collapse in own bed. Wake up 45 minutes later to crying baby and wide-awake 6 year old with reversed internal clocks. Cry pathetically that "I can't do this!" Receive comforting and reassuring words from husband, who then rolls over and goes back to sleep.
posted by More Paul, Less Andrea | 5:59 AM
5 Comments:
Wow! You've got it down....especially the getting back exhausted and then having to comfort a crying baby. :) You forgot some other bonuses though....you'll loose weight while in Jiangxi because the food is mostly yucky.
A tip: if any of your in-china flights are delayed be SUPER careful what you eat in the airport. Dan and I got a really bad bug that kicked in just as we got home. So we had that to add on top of a screaming and terrified baby and jet lag! Oh the joys of parenting. :)
WOW, what a good wife for allowing your husband to roll over and go back to sleep.
Your schedule sounds so amazing and what a blast you will have in China. I am so excited for you.
Wanted to let you know that when I was in Nanchang, I could not view my blog or get into it. If you need any help while you are there, feel free to email me anytime. I am happy to help!
Have a great party, weekend, and everything else in between. I am thinking of you.
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