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!!!
