We had our travel conference with Josh this morning. It was a very productive and informative two hours. Josh was very thorough, and forthcoming with information. Josh also entertained us with his personal travel experiences from around the world.
We are staying at the Garden Hotel while in Guangzhou. However, we don't have information on our hotels in Beijing or Shenyang. Josh said that Helen is negotiating these rates for us and will send the info as soon as it is finalized.
Thursday, August 26th
Leave Houston for Newark, then on to Beijing, China!
Saturday, August 28th – Helen will take us for tours in and around Beijing.
Sunday, August 29th – Tour in and around Beijing with Helen and travel to Shenyang in the evening.
Monday, August 30 – Gotcha day, probably in the morning! Bonding time with Skylar. :)
Tuesday, August 31st – Adoption day! Apply for Skylar's passport.
Wednesday, September 1st – Sightseeing and tours with Helen while waiting on the passport.
Thursday, September 2nd – Sightseeing and tours with Helen while waiting on Skylar's passport.
Friday, September 3rd – Check out of hotel, pick up passport in the afternoon and fly to Guangzhou. Rebecca will meet us at the airport and get us settled into the Garden Hotel.
Saturday, September 4th – Skylar's medical in the morning, free afternoon.
Sunday, September 5th – Do some paperwork in the afternoon with Rebecca, otherwise another free day with sightseeing and tours.
Monday, September 6th – Have the medical completed in the morning and then more free time in the afternoon.
Tuesday, September 7th – Consulate appointment in the morning, free time in the afternoon.
Wednesday, September 8th – Free time in the morning, swearing in ceremony at the consulate in the afternoon.
Thursday, September 9th – Mostly a free day until Rebecca brings Skylar’s passport with US visa in the afternoon.
Friday, September 10 – Fly to Beijing in the morning. Helen will guide us in the afternoon in Beijing. Here we hope to get our new family of FOUR photos at the Great Wall! :)
Saturday, September 11 – Fly home with our son Skylar! :)
The adventure begins . . .
OUTSTANDING!! Please give greetings to Rebecca for us - we did not meet Helen! Josh does some really good work! We had hoped to get the family pictures done on the Great Wall as well - but then had an opportunity to go to Korea on the way to China so made a homeland visit for our first adopted daughter on the way to our son instead! However our daughter Brittany made arrangements to get our family picture on the great wall 'drawn' by a local artist on Shamain Island in GZ - so it's all good!
ReplyDeleteSo looking forward to following your journey - feel free to ask if you have any questions - but our info will be about 5 months old (daussie @ fuse. net)!
Great joy for you guys - hugs -
aus and co.
Sheri, I am so excited for you!! It will be here before you know it!!
ReplyDeleteI know how excited you are! It seems like it was not that long ago I was going through it too. Oh, wait, it wasn't...just got home Tuesday night. You are in for an amazing trip and I am looking forward to following along on your journey. Make sure you go to see Jordan on the island in Guangzhou. He will do Skylar's name and characters in calligraphy for free. We, also, had him do our other children's names too for a minimal fee. How come you are flying out of Beijing rather than Hong Kong? I thought that was the more typical route, although I do remember one family from our group flying back up to Beijing. Are you going in a travel group or is it just your family? We had about 28 or 29 families total in our group. Have a great time!!!!
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