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Home
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Itinerary
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1
Leaving!
• Days
2-4
A 15-hour MRI and the Glass Wall Hong Kong Bathroom!
• Day
5
Refusing squat potties
• Days
6-7
Whoops, the trunk won't close
• Days
8-9
"Hip, Hip, HUBEI! Only 1 more day!"
• Day
10
GOTCHA!
• Days
11-12
Behind the Hokies
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13-14
A visit to Elizabeth's finding spot, and the path her birth mother
took that day...
• Days
15-16
The 'Finding Ad' and leaving her Province
• Days
17-18
Ni Hao from Guangzhou!
• Days
19-20
Last days in her homeland through a little girl's eyes
• Days
21-22
I'm Coming Home
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23
We have arrived!!!!!!
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John
Meets Elizabeth
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First Month as
a Family of 4
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Special Update
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The past 1.5
years
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Happy Birthday
Elizabeth!
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T R I P
I T I N E R A R Y
October 15
Attend Mid Autumn Chinese Moon Fest with
the dear friends that have helped bring us to this
incredible event in our lives. Thank you OCA!
October 16
Leave Tri-Cities arrive Charlotte NC. Leave Charlotte NC arrive Los
Angeles CA on USAirways
October 17, 18, 19
Leave Los Angeles at 11:59 PM for
Guangzhou China on China Southern Airlines
October 19
Leave Guangzhou A.M. for Hong Kong
October 19-24
SLEEP and tour Hong Kong (we will be
able to get to know the other parents in our agencies
travel group during some of these days) We will stay
on our own until the 22 and then join the group at the
Regal Riverside Hotel Shantin.
October 24
Leave Hong Kong for Wuhan Hubei on China
Southern flight CZ3076 at 11:35 AM . We will finally
be in the Province of Elizabeth's birth and only
minutes away from each other distance wise.
We will be staying at the Wuhan White Rose Hotel (can
you say that 3 times really fast?)
October 25, 2005
*** WE GET ELIZABETH! ***
October 26-November 1
Paperwork and complete adoption
on China's end. We also hope to learn and soak in as
much as possible about HanChuan Hubei and surroundings
so we can share this with her through the years. Since
her home town (HanChuan) is only about 10 miles from
Wuhan where we are staying, we are hopeful that we can
visit the spot where she was found. We have the exact
address along with the man's name that found her.
November 1
Leave Wuhan Hubei for Guangzhou on China
Eastern flight MU2473 at 12:50 P.M.
Check into the infamous White Swan Hotel on Shaiman
Island.
November 1-2
Elizabeth's visa photo, physical, review
paperwork for the U..S Consulate appointment.
November 3
US Consulate appointment.
November 4
U.S. Consulate oath
November 5
On our own...(probably shopping for larger
luggage)
November 6
Leave Guangzhou for L.A./ USA on China
Southern
November 7
HEADING HOME! Leave L.A. at 8:45 A.M. for
Tri-Cities via Charlotte on U.S. Airways flight/s 192
and 425. Arriving in Tri-Cities Monday, November 7 at 6:30 P.M.
with precious cargo!
November 8
Hoping precious cargo will sleep... |
