Today is Linekar, our main guide, had to leave Guangzhou today. His wife, Amy, is in the hospital about to have a baby. We all wished him good luck and said our goodbyes. Lee will be with us for the remainder of the trip.
We started the morning at [...]
Today we got up and went to eat breakfast. When we got there Jay was in heaven when he saw scrambled eggs, pancakes, and crispy bacon. He sat at the table and sighed and said “oh, yes!” Breakfast is so much better here at the China Hotel.
After breakfast [...]
It is Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007 and we are leaving Changsha. We had our bags packed and at the door at 8:00 a.m. We got on the bus at 9:15 to head to the airport. Our flight was at 11:40. We had Bailey ready for anything. We had toys, milk, cheerios to [...]
Today we tried to be positive and walk around the block. But it was more depressing. So we went back to the room and repacked. We are ready to go. Even Bailey seems ready to go.
Today we went to the Embroidery Factory. We saw women actually doing the embroidery in the factory. It is very tedious work but very beautiful. There were three women working side by side on one piece. Hunan Providence in known for their beautiful embroidery and the two sided embroidery. That is [...]
This morning we went to the Hunan Provincial Museum. It was more of a historical museum. Inside was a female mummy. She died from heart failure but when they x-rayed the body they found 32 watermelon seeds inside her. The tombs that the body came out of is 2100 years old. Inside there [...]
This morning we got up and ate breakfast. Bailey had congee (a soupy rice mixture) and steamed egg. We went back to the room
and dressed Bailey in her “Adoption Day” dress. She knew she was hot stuff. She pranced all around the room. You can tell she is
used to working [...]
Today is GOTCHA DAY!
We were up and ready this morning. Everyone one going their separate ways to get their daughters. I forgot to tell you yesterday our group has grown to 15 families. Six families were added at the last minute and arrived yesterday. They only had [...]
This morning we went to church. Only foreigners can go to this church. You have to show your passport to enter. The service was more of a contemporary service. There was a lot of singing, he read he scripture and discussed it but not really a sermon like we are used to.
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Nia Hao!
We got up around 4:30 and went to eat breakfast at 7:30. Breakfast at the Radisson wasn’t bad. We had eggs, bacon, cereal, breads, and fruit. But there were also things we didn’t recognize. One item they did have looked like Pork-N-Beans but we were [...]