We have exactly one week before we leave for China. The past few days have been interesting. I guess we were a little confused about the travel arrangements for China. According to our agency, they only planned travel for us within mainland China, which does not include Hong Kong. That means that hotels in Hong Kong and the flight from Hong Kong to Yinchuan had to be set up through an outside travel agency. We are working with that travel agency, but I was under the assumption that the check we sent CAWLI for travel costs included those things. I was wrong. Oops! So we will have to make arrangements to pay for those things directly to the travel agency that is working with CAWLI. It’s not a big deal except that we will not have as much money as we thought we would have left over at the end of our trip.
On a happier note, I get these weird moments where I am absolutely THRILLED to be a mother! Every now and then it just hits me. We are really looking forward to traveling to China next week! We got a few e-mails from some of the other families who will be traveling with us. One of the families is traveling through Hong Kong as well, so hopefully we will be able to meet up with them while we are there before we head to the province. Each one of the families is going to a different province. It is strange that only one of the families has adopted before (and this is their first child from China). The physician that CAWLI is sending to China will be traveling to Ningxia with us. We are happy about that! So far, our child is the oldest and I’m almost certain that we are the youngest parents traveling. Funny how things work out.
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