We"ve arrived
Good Morning to everyone. We had a very long, but uneventful flight from LA to Goungzhou, China. We took off at 11:45pm on Friday night and Ian lasted about 10 minutes. He then slept for the next nine hours. Rich and I tried to eat some dinner (at 1:15am!!). Rich had the joy of experiencing his first Ambien and made it only through the salad. We slept about 8 or 9 hours, which is a great way to pass the time on a 16 hour flight. The boys did beautifully, and had not a complaint about the long flight. We arrived at 6:45am Sunday morning (losing Saturday) and started a very long day. The China team is phenomenal, leading us every step of the way through the largest airport in Asia. We bussed to the airport and found we had no rooms yet. We got back on the bus and arrived for dim sum at 8:30am. A bit early for most of us, but a delicious meal and a chance to meet some of the 43 families in our group. It was great to put faces with names that I have been corresponding with on the internet. The boys ate rice.....it's going to be a long two weeks.
We then got back on the bus and took a two hour tour of Guangzhou. It is a city filled with old, old buildings (the city is 2000 years old) mixed with an enourmous amount of new and ongoing construction. The smell of deisel is everywhere. Since is was Sunday it was not too crowded, but this morning should be an experience. After we checked into our great room (26th floor overlooking a huge building with a flashing CANON sign - feels like Lost In Translation), we took a walk to try and stay awake, with our first stop being STARBUCKS. We could have been in LA, but it was fun for the kids to figure out the money and conversion rate. After reorganizing ALL our luggage for our trip to Wuhan, Hubei, we ordered room service (great pasta), we were all asleep by 8:00pm.
Today is GOTCHA day, so our next post will be from Wuhan and we will meet Mae sometime late this afternoon. We are all feeling very excited with a little anxiousness about saying goodbye to our family of four!
We then got back on the bus and took a two hour tour of Guangzhou. It is a city filled with old, old buildings (the city is 2000 years old) mixed with an enourmous amount of new and ongoing construction. The smell of deisel is everywhere. Since is was Sunday it was not too crowded, but this morning should be an experience. After we checked into our great room (26th floor overlooking a huge building with a flashing CANON sign - feels like Lost In Translation), we took a walk to try and stay awake, with our first stop being STARBUCKS. We could have been in LA, but it was fun for the kids to figure out the money and conversion rate. After reorganizing ALL our luggage for our trip to Wuhan, Hubei, we ordered room service (great pasta), we were all asleep by 8:00pm.
Today is GOTCHA day, so our next post will be from Wuhan and we will meet Mae sometime late this afternoon. We are all feeling very excited with a little anxiousness about saying goodbye to our family of four!
posted by Adena Smith & Richard Green @ 1:10 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:42 AM,
PC Momma said…
Hi to everyone. We look forward to reading your exploits, so please keep posting and post pictures if you can.
The Texas branch is anxiously awaiting pictures of Jarred and Ian in traditional costume - probably designed by Ian.
We can't wait to meet Mae either.
Aunt Sharon
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