We just got our itinerary. It looks like we will have to go to Hope’s original province after all. We are glad about it, though, because it will give us a glimpse of her roots. Here is our final itinerary:
May 1- Arrive in Beijing (after 13 hour flight), meet travel group, staying at the Zhao Long Hotel
May 2 – Go get Hope at Bethel!!!!!! 🙂
May 3 – Tours with our travel group; Great Wall, Tianeman Square, etc.
May 4 – Fly to Chonqing, staying at the Empark Grand Hotel
May 5 – Complete Adoption Paperwork and Ceremony
May 6-8 – Free time to tour Chonqing (we want to go to their zoo and see the pandas!)
May 9 – Fly to Guangzhou, staying at the Victory Hotel
May 10 – More officialities
May 11-12 – Hang out with travel group, swim, maybe go on tours
May 13 – Group Oath and receive Hope’s Visa
May 14th – Fly back to Bejing (3 hour flight), a 3 hour layover, then we Bring Hope home! 🙂
April 12th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Yeah, its starting to feel real! How wonderful and exciting!
Kimmie
mama to 6
one homemade and 5 adopted