Friday, August 03, 2012

The Itinerary

We got our itinerary today! We have to be in Hohhot for 5 business  days to make the adoption legal. I'm hoping we'll get to see a grassland tour of some sort while we are in Inner Mongolia, but we will have to see how car-friendly Ruby is.  Some of the flight times are not exactly ideal (arriving at midnight in Guangzhou with a 23 month old!) but I'm sure people do it all the time. 

8/8/2012                                 Flight to China!!

8/9/2012                                 Arrive in Beijing 2:20pm. 
                                               
8/10/2012                                Sightseeing: Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, (KarateGuy has seen all these already, but I haven't!)

8/11/2012                                Temple of Heaven, Beijing foster facility where Ruby has been for nearly all her life, and Acrobat show 

8/12/2012                                10:00am depart for the airport, flight to Hohhot, 12:40pm.  Guide will pick you up and take you to check in the Sheraton Hotel.  Rest.

8/13/2012                                10:00am – Baby will be brought to the hotel lobby!!!!

8/14/2012                                9:00am – Go to the Civil Affairs Office to complete the paperwork.

8/15/2012                                Guide will take you around Hohhot. (Apparently this will be a
                                                pay as you go trip, so please discuss with your guide
                                                beforehand in case you don’t want to go)

8/16/2012                                Guide will take you around Hohhot. (Apparently this will be a
                                                pay as you go trip, so please discuss with your guide
                                                beforehand in case you don’t want to go)

8/17/2012                                Pick up passport.  Flight to Guangzhou, 8:30pm-
                                                11:50pm. Guide will pick you up at the airport and take you to
                                                check in the Garden Hotel.

8/18/2012                                9:00am – Child’s medical check, visa photo, and visa paperwork

8/19/2012                                Tour – Chen Family Museum

8/20/2012                               7:45am – Leave for the U.S. Consulate.  Appointment at
                                                8:30am. Group oath.

8/21/2012                                3:30pm – Guide will pick up the visa from the USC and bring
                                                it to the hotel.



8/22/2012                               8:00am – Leave for the airport.  Flight to Beijing,
                                                10:30am-1:50pm.  Return home with your new daughter!!!

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