Traveling Soon

We leave for China Thursday morning! We have a house sitter to take care of things here while we are gone. We will be flying from St. Louis to Chicago and then on to Beijing for our first leg of the trip. We were expecting to meet up with a group of other families adopting through CHI, but the other families adopting in July ended up with different travel dates. It will just be us and our guide in each province.


Here is our itinerary:


Thurs. July 19 - Departure


Fri. July 20 - Arrive in Beijing


Sat. July 21 - Sightseeing in BJ: TianAnMen Square, Forbidden City, and the Great Wall; CHI orientation


Sun. July 22 - Flight to Nanning (the capital of Mia's province)


Mon. July 23- GOTCHA DAY!


Tues. July 24 - Registration and notary and apply for Mia's passport


Wed. July 25 - Half day sightseeing: Qingxiu Mountain


Thurs. July 26 - Half day sightseeing: Museum; receive Mia's notary paperwork


Fri. July 27 - Receive Mia's passport, flight to Guangzhou


Sat. July 28 - Mia's medical exam


Sun. July 29 - Free Day


Mon. July 30 - American Consolate Appt. & interview


Tues. July 31 - Receive Mia's visa in late afternoon. Take train to Hong Kong.


Wed. Aug 1 - Fly Home!

We will do our best to blog daily while in China.

                                                                Lori