We arrived in GuangZhou on Sunday morning. Our trip included a 14 hour flight from Seattle to Taiwan during which Perrin and I sat in the very last row of the plane. The downside was that the seats didn't recline. The upside was that it was so loud at the back of the plane that it drowned out any other noise. Oh, and we were close to the bathrooms which Perrin took as a big positive...Neal was a dozen rows ahead of us, I think..he was so busy reading and sleeping that we didn't see much of him until hour 12 when he came back to visit and showed us how to get our seats to recline. Oy!
We were met at the airport by our guide for the week, Richard, who is part of the adoption agency that we worked with. Richard was a bright spot in a cold and rainy day -- a lovely Chinese man with very good English and, after 10 years in the business, a lot of knowledge on the adoption process. He helped us get checked in to our hotel and a few hours later came back to review the schedule for the next 2 weeks and to introduce us to the other family adopting. The schedule is heavily weighted in the first 4 days, and then there is a bunch of free time waiting for paperwork to finalize, etc. Most importantly, Richard let us know that we would be meeting our girls the following day at 2pm. Yeah!
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Amanda Myerson
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amandamyerson@gmail.com
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