Tuesday, January 20, 2009

China Itinerary...it's getting more real

So exciting news. We got our schedule for our adoption. We know what we'll be doing everyday, when we'll get Anna and where we'll be each day. Here is the schedule:

February 5, 2009        Arrive in Beijing.  Stay at Days Hotel &
Suites.

February 6, 2009 Orientation meeting at 10:00 a.m. Acrobatic show
in the afternoon.

February 7, 2009 Visit the Great Wall and Cloisonne Factory;
Tiananman Square & Forbidden City.

February 8, 2009 Flight to Fuzhou; stay at
Lakeside Hotel. Receive Anna in the afternoon.

February 9, 2009 Adoption registration and notarization.

February 10, 2009 Free day

February 11, 2009 Visit West Lake Park and Fujian Provincial Museum.

February 12, 2009 Visit Old Town Street and Riverside Park.

February 13, 2009 Receive all the documents. Flight to Guangzhou; stay at
the White Swan Hotel.

February 14, 2009 Meeting at 3:00 p.m. to prepare for the consulate
documents.

February 15, 2009 Free day

February 16, 2009 Medical exam in the morning.

February 17, 2009 Visa appointment.

February 18, 2009 3:00 p.m. Go to the consulate to take the oath
and pick up visa.

February 19, 2009 Flight to Tokyo. Connecting
flight to U.S.A. COME HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

So that is our schedule. We are sooooooooooooooooooo excited. Only two
more weeks. Praise the Lord.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Gotcha Day Changed????????

We got an update from our agency that we need to be in Anna's province a day longer so we have no choice but to go a day sooner. So we'll go to the province Sunday, February 8th not Monday, February 9th so I think that would mean we get Anna a day sooner. YEAH but that means we only have 2 days in Beijing instead of 3. Right now they are saying that means we'll miss seeing Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. We are going to see if we can skip out on the Cloisonne Factory and go on our own and meet up with the group later. We still get to go to The Great Wall. So we shall see. Only three weeks till we leave :).

UPDATE (TUESDAY):

WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM OUR SOCIAL WORKER AND WE WON'T MISS ANYTHING. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE GREAT WALL AND THE CLOISONNE FACTORY SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN OUR GUIDE IS GOING TO TAKE SCOTT AND I TO TIANANMEN SQUARE AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY. SO WE WILL HAVE A JAM PACKED TWO DAYS IN BEIJING. FINE BY ME. THE TIME WILL FLY TILL WE GET ANNA