We leave Toronto airport on Tuesday, January 30 and have a short stop over in Vancouver. From Vancouver, we fly direct to Beijing and arrive there (with the 13 hour time difference) on Wednesday, January 31. We will stay for one night in Beijing and on Thursday, February 1, we will fly from Beijing to Guangzhou and that same day is GOTCHA DAY!!!! For those of you who aren't familiar with adoption lingo, that's the day we actually get Samara. We will stay in Guangzhou until February 9. Here's the hotel we will be staying in:
During our stay in Guangzhou we will be busy sightseeing, shopping, and just trying to get to know our daughter. We are scheduled to see things like the Six Banyan Temple, the Guangzhou Zoo, the White Cloud Mountain in between all the paperwork that needs to be completed such as the final adoption paperwork and Samara's passport. So needless to say, we'll be very busy!
On Friday, February 9 we will be flying from Guangzhou back to Beijing and will be staying in this hotel:
Again, we will be very busy touring around and taking in as much of China's culture as we can. We will be seeing thing such as the Great Wall, Tian’an Men Square, Forbidden City and again more paperwork and a medical for Samara.
Between caring for Samara and all the sightseeing that's scheduled, I have a feeling this trip will go by very fast. On Thursday, February 15, we will be flying directly from Beijing to Toronto.
Wow, it's still so hard to believe that we will finally be united with our little girl. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we get all the last minute details in place.
9 comments:
The Holiday INN looks beautiful all lite up like that,how exciting.Man it must be hard to sleep these nights.
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Wow! It is happening and soon! It must be so exciting and nervewracking at the same time.
Hotels look great.
I hope you will blog while in China to keep us here at home up to date!
Keep smilin!
eeeks I am so excited for you!
sounds wonderful. I pray you have a magical, wonderfu, joyous and heart warming trip, what a nice time to have some one on one time with Samara before you have to share her!!!
I am getting so excited for you. I can't wait to follow along on your journey!!
You are and will continue to be in my thoughts, sweet girl!
I can't believe you have your itinerary...how cool is that?
Oh man...how exciting is that to read?
Yeah....time for bed so you'll be one sleep closer! :o)
Oh man seeing you put it on your blog even makes it look more real. Getting that email yesterday was a whamer for me. I'M NERVOUS now!!!!
Can you help me when it comes to feeding Karen - I'm scared of choking and not feeding her the right foods.
((sigh)) deep breathes, deep breathes!
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I am sooo excited for you! Makes me start shaking, just thinking of actually going there in 13 sleeps......feel like a kid near Christmas? :-)
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