Friday, July 27, 2007

T-Minus 3 Days

Ok - only 3 days left until liftoff! So that you can keep track of us while in China, we have included our travel itinerary. We plan to post blog entries daily (even if we are sleep deprived!).

OUR ITINERARY

Monday, July 30
Leave Washington Dulles @ 12:20 pm for Beijing.

Tuesday, July 31
Arrive in Tokyo, Japan at 3:25 p.m. Depart Tokyo at 5:20 p.m. and arrive in Beijing @ 8:05 pm.

Wednesday, August 1
Summer Palace in the morning. Catch up on sleep in the afternoon!

Thursday, August 2
Temple of Heaven in the morning. Lama Temple in the afternoon. Catch up on more sleep!

Friday, August 3
Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City in the morning. Rickshaw tour to the old neighborhood of Beijing in the afternoon. More sleep after!

Saturday, August 4
Ming Tomb in the morning. The Great Wall in the afternoon followed by a Chinese acrobatics show.

Sunday, August 5
Morning flight to Nanchang. Afternoon, go to Jiangxi Adoption Center to meet Jennifer Rose!!!

Monday, August 6
Start paperwork and appointment with Civil Affairs.

Tuesday through Thursday, August 7-9
Paperwork, sightseeing and shopping. Probably no sleeping!

Friday, August 10
Finish paperwork. Late afternoon flight to Guangzhou.

Saturday, August 11
Baby's visa picture taken in the morning followed by a medical examination.

Sunday, August 12
Half day tour of Guangzhou.

Monday, August 13
Documents submitted to US Consulate.

Tuesday, August 14
Go to US Consulate to take oath. Pick up visa.

Wednesday, August 15
Depart in afternoon for Tokyo, Japan.

Thursday, August 16
Depart Tokyo in morning for flight to Washington Dulles

Thursday, August 16
Arrive Washington Dulles @ 10:40am!!

To say that we are excited would be an understatement. We are ready to begin this adventure!
J.

3 comments:

Morna said...

Wow, the bold "blog every day" promise, even though you know Aunt Evelyn and I will be watching! We're so excited for you to go and come back with Jennifer Rose.

On the sports analogy front, your descriptions kind of remind me of the time I went skydiving. It was pretty scary when I was filling out all the paperwork and agreeing to the risks, and it was terrifying when I climbed out on the wing and felt air rushing by, but once I actually jumped, I wasn't scared anymore -- the ground was so far away that it felt like flying, not falling, and I could feel my parachute opening. I think it will be like that for you once you have your little girl.

Anonymous said...

Hey could that news clip on Jim's site have Jennifer on it too? The half baby photo, 2 below Catlin, notes that baby was born 9 25 06. Aunt Evelyn

J & R said...

Evelyn - I think you might be right. I'm going to see Jim (the whole travel group is coming over to our house today for a final pre-trip dinner and celebration) and I'll ask him about it. This is just the kind of detective work that he excels at (he was the one who figured out that the adoption photos of the three babies in our travel group were taken minutes apart based on the pattern of rain drops in the background! We are in major packing mode now -- what to bring and what not to bring! Keep the comments coming - we love it! Love, Joseph & Rachel