May 17
Depart @ 8:25 am. Arrive Minneapolis 10:28 am. Depart Minneapolis @3:05 pm.
May 18
Arrive Tokyo @ 5:05 pm. Depart Tokyo @ 6:20 pm. Arrive in Beijing @ 9:25 pm. Our guide Joy will meet us at airport. China Care will also meet us to take the boxes we are transporting for them. Stay at Chang'an Day's Inn.
May 19
Acrobatic Show in the afternoon.
May 20
Visit Great Wall and Cloisonne Factory; lunch included.
May 21
Visit Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Hutong Tour (remember to tip the rickshaw driver!).
May 22 Gotcha Day!
Fly (10:50-11:50 am) to Hohhot; airport pickup; stay at the Holiday Inn. Receive Naomi in the afternoon!!
May 23
Adoption registration and notarization.
May 24
Free day.
May 25
Visit Five Pagoda Temple.
May 26
Free Day.
May 27
City tour.
May 28
Free Day.
May 29
Receive all the documents. Fly (1:50-4:50 pm) to Guangzhou; airport pickup; stay at the White Swan Hotel.
May 30
Medical exam and visa photos.
May 31
9:30 am Visa appointment.
June 1
2:50 pm. Meet group to go to U.S. Consulate to take oath and pick up visa.
June 2 (Just try to wrap your head around these times!)
8:20 a.m. Depart Guangzhou
2:05 p.m. Arrive Tokyo Narita Airport
3:40 p.m. Depart Tokyo
12:40 p.m. Arrive Minneapolis
3:35 p.m. Depart Minneapolis
7:10 p.m. Arrive HOME!!
We are Roger, Ruth, Daniel and Naomi H. We started this blog to document our journey to China to adopt our daughter, Naomi Chunxiang, in May of 2007. It has since become a place to post general news about our family. If you want to see the posts from our China trip, check the May and June '07 links in the Blog Archive (left column).
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May
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- Consulate Appointment a day early!
- Buddhist Temple in Hohhot
- Full Moon Over Guangzhou
- Guangzhou
- Baotou visit part 2
- China Care Baotou Children's Home
- Hot pot with Lynnette
- The Flavor of Hohhot
- "Authentic Mongolian Souvenir Factory"
- Naomi's First Big Laugh
- More paperwork
- GOTCHA!
- Hope to post tonight...
- Forbidden City
- Tiananmen Square
- Budding Photographer
- Yes, a Dudero stood on the Great Wall
- Sleepless in Beijing
- Danny the Good Will Ambassador
- Cloisonne Factory
- Is it a Great Wall?
- Acrobatic Show entrance
- Recovery Day
- Made it!
- No title
- So soon...
- Package from the US
- China Travel Itinerary
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7 comments:
Have a good trip!!!
George
We will be with you in prayer and vickie was so excited to hear you would see the great wall and the forbidden city as we have been studying them in school lately. Have a great time.
Will be praying for you, especially on Tuesday.
We will be anxiously watching for news! -- (Great) Uncle Dan
Don't forget to pack Naomi's Onesie of Envy. And for those stressful travel moments where nothing else will comfort you, I recommend an imported Belgian Pound-Plus Bittersweet Chocolate Bar from Trader Joe's!
Kisses!
What a beautiful drawing of Naomi!
Such a wonderful gift for her foster parents. You're in our thoughts. Took a field trip with our freshmen today. Went sailing on the Delaware. Sailed under the BF bridge. Life is an adventure.
Love you all. K
I guess I will be anonymous since I do not have a google accout. Just tapped into your blog today. You were at the Great Wall. My prayers have been steady since you left. So pleased to hear about the trip and Danny's attitude--what a dude!! Hope you ENJOY thoroughly but can't wait til you are back. Anything you want me to have for your return let me know. Judith for the family.
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