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The long journey has ended! We had uneventful but loooong flights from VPS to Atlanta to Seoul to Beijing yesterday. On the long leg from Atlanta to Seoul Jared stretched out on the floor under our row of 4 seats (so no leg room for the rest of us, while Anna stretched out to sleep across two seats (finally falling asleep after asking every 5 minutes "how many more hours?" starting after only about 5 hours into the 14-hourleg...that got old fast! Individual tv screens with lots of video and game choices meant we were all adequately entertained. We finally arrived at our hotel in Beijing at about 9pm last night (that's 9am Thursday for those of you on the east coast, 8am for our friends in the panhandle.)
Our first night was a little rough. Anna started with a cough before we left FL, and had low grade fevers on the flight. She started throwing up in the middle of the night last night, and with the jet lag, none of us slept very well after about 3am. I even had to go down to the lobby in a robe at about 1am to ask them to quiet down our neighboring room full of what sounded like drunken Chinese men playing cards.
I am happy to report, however, that now that we've had some breakfast and showers, we are all feeling refreshed and ready for some Beijing sightseeing with our CCAI tour guide and the other adoptive families in our travel group. Even Anna has perked up well, praise God! We are in the room right now (very small room--two twin beds...kids slept on the floor) where the kids are doing a little homework before we go down to meet up with the group.
My rusty Chinese is coming back, and it's fun to hear the kids trying to speak some, too! Jared is the ultimate tourist, snapping photos at every oopoortunity!
Speaking of photos, here are a few from our trip.
Only 3 more days till Lilly's gotcha' day!
More later!
Our first night was a little rough. Anna started with a cough before we left FL, and had low grade fevers on the flight. She started throwing up in the middle of the night last night, and with the jet lag, none of us slept very well after about 3am. I even had to go down to the lobby in a robe at about 1am to ask them to quiet down our neighboring room full of what sounded like drunken Chinese men playing cards.
I am happy to report, however, that now that we've had some breakfast and showers, we are all feeling refreshed and ready for some Beijing sightseeing with our CCAI tour guide and the other adoptive families in our travel group. Even Anna has perked up well, praise God! We are in the room right now (very small room--two twin beds...kids slept on the floor) where the kids are doing a little homework before we go down to meet up with the group.
My rusty Chinese is coming back, and it's fun to hear the kids trying to speak some, too! Jared is the ultimate tourist, snapping photos at every oopoortunity!
Speaking of photos, here are a few from our trip.
Only 3 more days till Lilly's gotcha' day!
More later!
4 comments:
Yeah!!! I am so happy that your flights went well. Sorry to hear about Anna, hopefully she will bounce back quickly! Enjoy your time sightseeing and can't wait to hear more news and see more pictures ! :-)
Enjoy your trip, savor each moment. Hoping Anna feels better soon!
I wonder how many white ladies in bathrobes have ever gone to the front desk at that hotel and asked for quiet hours in chinese?
What is that you're eating?? It seems very interesting! I'm glad you've all made it safetly. I will be praying that you all have some wonderful family time in a city I would LOVE to see sometime.
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