Well, 40 hours later we've arrived in Beijing. We had a delightful 10 hour layover in Los Angeles. Adventures in people watching. We were just glad we made it into and out of the area because the fires were a concern.
The first photo is of a cool follow-along map where we could see where we came from and what we had left to travel.
The LONG flight to Guangzhou turned out to be about 2.5 hours longer than we expected- 14:45 hrs. We had primo seats in Premium Economy. Lots of leg room for the giant family. J and I fell asleep right away. S woke up just as they were serving a meal so he grabbed one. J and I missed out.
About 10 hours later we got breakfast. In between, we were snacking on whatever we could find. It's really hard to know when to eat when you are 13 hours off schedule. We met up with another family getting a daughter from the same orphanage and made friends with several other families traveling to adopt. It's fairly obvious what the American families are heading to China for. We stick out like sore thumbs. I can just read the Chinese folks' minds as they gawk at our family..."look at the American Giants!"
Second photo is of Jack sleeping on the 2:45 hr flight from Guangzhou to Beijing. He feel asleep within 2 minutes of takeoff and completely missed lunch. We were met by a very nice lady named Phoebe who will be our guide in Beijing. We really like her.
We're showering and heading to bed soon 5:00 p.m. local time so we will hopefully be on this time zone soon. (Thanks for that advice Charles!) We all feel wiped out from traveling. We've got a tour in the morning of Tiannamen Square, Summer Place, Temple of Heaven. Then the next day we'll go to the Great Wall in the a.m. and off to Chongqing in the p.m. where we get Sarah the next day!
Thanks for coming along with us!
3 comments:
Enjoy the sites of China while you can. I know it is hard because all you want to do is go get your daughter. But when you have her, all you will want to do is look at her. So even if you do site see after getting her, all you do is look at her.
I guess you are sleeping now but soon to get up and see the sights-enjoy!
We are so excited to read the details of your trip!
Tell J that his buddy S is very excited for him and will be excited to hear all about his trip.
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