We made it. After 18 hours, we landed in Beijing. Kailei was a little disappointed that she didn't get to see the "villages of Seattle" but we assured her there would be other opportunities. Kailei was wired and basically didn't fall asleep until the last hour of the flight. Keara went through her activities and took naps off and on.
When we arrived we were greeted by a CCAI/BLAS rep who kindly guided us to the hotel. Apparently we missed the hoopla that occurred when the majority of families arrived this morning. There were tv crews, banners, photo ops and Lily Ni of CCAI was also there.
As we walked down the hall to our rooms we ran into our friends the Peterson's and the Trautman's. We quickly dropped off our bags and headed to dinner with them over at the Szechuan House. Good food and reasonably priced. It was a bit of a challenge to get our food ordered but we managed. I found out there was a Baskin Robbins in the hotel so we naturally had to head there after dinner. I love having the comforts of home nearby while I'm in China.
The girls are doing well. I am slowly fading and Zeb is already asleep so I better sign off as we have an early morning ahead of us.
3 comments:
OOOOh! So excited for you all. I'm sure they'll plenty more hoopla to enjoy. Tell The Peterson's & Trautman's we said hello too.
Yeah! So glad you made it. Thought about you guys all day yesterday. Happy you and Peterson's and Trautman's reunited. How special. Send our love and greetings to all. Hello from Sam to all of her friends.
P.S. I know Trautman's aren't blogging but if Peterson's are, please let me know their website.
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