The Final Countdown

It's 10:45 a.m. and we just got our final itinerary as we are leaving the house in the next few hours, and I was getting a little nervous that we were going to be forced to go without any prior pre-planning!!

Out trip will follow this schedule:

6/17 - fly from Phila - Detroit - Shanghai (for those of you asking, yes the flight to Shanghai from Detroit is 15 hours (in coach)!!!)

Kyle has been told that sleep would be good (but there are no less than 10 DVDs in his bag for "just in case") + lots of nice activity gifts from Charlie's co-workers to keep him extra busy!

6/18 - Arrive in Shanghai and then stay until June 20 - we will be staying in the famous Bund area of Shanghai

6/20 - Fly from Shanghai to Shenyang (Dylan's Province)and stay at the Intercontinental Hotel

6/22 - Meet Dylan (a late Father's Day gift!)

6/23 - Go from Shenyang to Dalian for a 1 night stay to process Dylan's paperwork and passport. In Dalian, we are staying at the Leewan Hotel Dalian.

6/24 - Go back to Shenyang and stay there until 6/27. Sightseeing trips are planned for the Forbidden City and the Former Residence of Zhangxueliang (I wonder if both of those historical and probably quiet places are ready for 2 three yr. old tourists?!)

6/27 - fly to Guangzhou and stay at the White Swan Hotel until July 2nd. Tours include the Chen Family Temple and we hope to hit the Zoo that week

7/2 - fly to Hong Kong

7/3 - fly from Hong Kong to Tokyo to Honolulu

7/3 - arrive in Honolulu and stay until 7/9

7/9 - fly from Honolulu to Minneapolis to Philadelphia and arrive home on 7/10

This trip, we will be the only family with our guide in Shenyang and Dalian, which will be different. In 2006, we had 12 entire families in Kyle's adoption group with us.

Veronica will be our guide in Shenyang and Judy will be our guide in Guangzhou

Next post will be "from the road"