Itinerary!!

06/24 ~ Atlanta to Tokyo to Beijing

06/25 ~ Arrive in Beijing~~free time

06/26 & 6/27 ~ Tour Beijing

06/28 ~ Fly to Zhengzhou, Henan Province

06/29 ~ MEET MAX IN THE MORNING!!!! & tons of paperwork

06/30 ~ More paperwork

07/01 ~ Free time/tour Henan

07/02 ~ Free time/tour Henan

07/03 ~ Receive Max's Chinese passport then fly to Guangzhou

07/04 ~ Happy 4th of July!! Max's physical and TB test, Max's visa photo taken, paperwork for US Consulate

07/05 ~ Free time/tour Guangzhou

07/06 ~ Visit clinic for TB test to be read & free time/tour Guangzhou

07/07 ~ Free time/tour Guangzhou

07/08 ~ US Consulate appointment, receive Max's visa packet

07/09 ~ US Consulate oath

07/10 ~ Take train to Hong Kong

07/11 ~ Tour Hong Kong

07/12 ~ Depart Hong Kong to Tokyo to ATLANTA.

HOME ~ Max meets Ben (!!!) and Lily realizes Max will want to play with her toys at home. Please note that throughout the trip there will be intermittant prayers that the 2 teens at home aren't burning down the house or just plain trashing it......or worse yet getting into trouble or killed. :) Lord have mercy on my soul.

No really~I'm sure the teens will be fine. :) Our neighbors know we're leaving, and Bob & Sue, our wonderful friends across the street, have volunteered to keep a watch over things.

5 more sleeps!! **the picture above was taken at The Forbidden City, Beijing in 2007.

Small change in the itinerary

Here is the new itinerary:

May 2nd ~ Atlanta/Seoul/Beijing
May 3rd ~ arrive in Beijing
Tour Beijing
May 7th ~ Beijing to Changchun--arrive at 4:40 p.m.
May 8th ~ We get to meet Lily!!! And, all of our paperwork will be done the same day in Changchun.
May 9th ~ Changchun to Guangzhou
May 10th ~ Consulate Appointment
May 12th ~ Guangzhou/Seoul--over night in Seoul
May 13th ~ Seoul/Atlanta--arrive in Atlanta 10 a.m.

Our agency called us yesterday to say that they had good news~we would be able to get Lily and have the paperwork done and her passport all in the same day in Changchun. If we wanted to we could shorten our trip by a week. We jumped on this opportunity since we are leaving so much behind here at home (the teens & the pets). Although they all will be in good hands with the Airparents ~ 2 1/2 weeks was going to be a long time and we would have missed everyone terribly.

Mark & Angela have always called Eric's parents "AirMom" & "AirDad" and they are together referred to as the "Airparents" :o)

Itinerary!!!...finally...whew!

May 2nd -- leave Atlanta for Seoul, Korea to Beijing, China
May 3rd -- arrive in Beijing
tour Beijing
May 7th -- flight from Beijing to Changchun, Jilin Province
May 8th -- GOTCHA DAY
May 14th -- trip to Siping, Jilin Province then back to Changchun
May 16th -- flight to Guangzhou
May 17th -- Consulate Appointment
May 19th -- flight from Guangzhou to Seoul, Korea (over-night layover)
May 20th -- Seoul to Atlanta

We have lots going on in between it all...like getting to know Lily, site seeing, and meeting the team of teachers in Beijing and Changchun!...and more having fun with Lily!!