Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
1st day in Guangzhou - January 20th
Our first day in Guangzhou has been good. As we had heard before,
breakfast buffet at our hotel is fantastic. We loaded up with food
there and will eat light the rest of the day, I'm a little reluctant
to try things (meat!). Breakfast was loaded with babies!! I think
there were 15 - 20 babies down there eating with their families. It
was so neat to see them and made me even more excited to get Lily
tomorrow, probably 24 hours from this post!!!
breakfast buffet at our hotel is fantastic. We loaded up with food
there and will eat light the rest of the day, I'm a little reluctant
to try things (meat!). Breakfast was loaded with babies!! I think
there were 15 - 20 babies down there eating with their families. It
was so neat to see them and made me even more excited to get Lily
tomorrow, probably 24 hours from this post!!!
We walked around the immediate area of our hotel. Lots of little
children's clothing stores and trinket shops - "what's your name
lady? your husband treat you right" $9.00 for an adorable outfit
with matching squeaky shoes! The bad part is that Starbucks cost
the same as in the US - darn. 2 mochas or a baby outfit with
matching squeaky shoes. We'll post tomorrow with our new little one!!
Suz
Saturday, January 19, 2008
We made it to Guangzhou
We made it -- Suz and I left Plymouth at 9 AM and we arrived at the
White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou China exactly 24 hours later.
White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou China exactly 24 hours later.
The United flight left Chicago 1 hour late and we thought we would
miss our connection in Beijing for sure - but actually the customs -
getting our bags - rechecking our bags - going through Chinese
security and walking to our gate only took 25 minutes. How many
times do we have to wait longer than that to get our bags in South
Bend? The trip really could not have gone smoother - even the White
Swan hotel had drivers waiting just outside the baggage claim. How
do you say White Swan Hotel in Chinese? Well we just have to type it
into our handy translation unit and it speaks the question in
Mandarin (thanks Jess - the 2007 Christmas Gift is in use). Type in
XU HUI - Lily's Chinese name and out comes --"she-way".
Weather yesterday in Beijing was 32 degrees and foggy - it was 62
degrees in Guangzhou last night at midnight.
Today is an easy day and tomorrow we get Lily. I will try and attach
pictures but as expected we cannot upload our blogspot here.
Hopefully everything will post.
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