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Originally posted on Friday, August 22, 2003 11:19 PM CDT
Originally posted on Friday, August 22, 2003 11:19 PM CDT
Ni Hao ("Hello" in Mandarin) Family and Friends!
We can finally announce our complete itinerary for our trip to China to get Emilie. On Wednesday we received our airline tickets, passports and visa's from Sunshine Travel. And today we recieved our itinerary for all of our in China travels. Our schedule looks like this:
Aug. 30
*United Airlines Flight 7519
Depart Ft. Wayne, IN 6:05 am
Arrive Chicago O'Hare 7:11 am
*** Meet our travel mates, Murray and Hagans families
*United Airlines Flight 851
Depart Chicago O'Hare 11:55 am
Arrive Beijing, China 2:35 pm (Aug. 31 - local time)
Aug. 31
Check into the Peace Hotel in Beijing, China (website for Peace Hotel= http://www.asiatravel.com/china/beijing/novetel/index.html)
Sept. 1
Tour the Great Wall and Summer Palace
Sept. 2
Tour the Forbidden City in the morning, then depart Beijing on Flight CZ8722
Depart Beijing 1:10 pm
Arrive Nanning 4:20 pm
***Check into the Majestic Hotel in Nanning and MEET EMILIE!!!!!
(Website for Majestic Hotel = http://www.nn-myxd.com/index_en.htm)
Sept. 3
Adoption paperwork (Registration and Notarization)
Sept. 4 - 7
Sightseeing in and around Nanning, Guangxi Province, China
Sept. 8
Get Emilie's Chinese Passport
Sept. 9
Fly to Guangzhou on flight CZ3308
Depart Nanning 10:30 am
Arrive Guangzhou 11:20 am
*** Check into the White Swan Hotel
*** Take Emilie for her Visa medical examination and get Visa photos taken.
(Web site for White Swan Hotel = http://www.whiteswanhotel.com/eng/Public/index.asp)
Sept. 10
Visa appointment at U.S. Consulate General 9:30 am
Sept. 11
Pick up Emilie's Visa at U.S. Consulate
Sept. 12
*Fly to Hong Kong on Flight CZ301
Depart Guangzhou 8:35 am
Arrive Hong Kong 9:20 am
** Hang out in Hong Kong airport for a few hours.
United Airlines Flight 896
Depart Hong Kong 12:40 pm
Arrive Chicago 2:15 pm (local time)
*** Clear Customs and hang out in O'Hare for a short time.
*United Airlines Flight 7522
Depart Chicago 4:26 pm
Arrive Ft. Wayne 5:25 pm
Here is one last website that you can visit if you are interested in seeing more pictures of Nanning where Emilie is currently residing. It also has pictures of the Nanning Social Welfare Institute, where she has spent some time and so much more wonderful infomation and photos. Have fun viewing: http://guangxi.crosswinds.net/Directory1/
Hope to arrive home around 7:30 pm to hopefully colapse into bed after and exhausting day of flying. However, Emilie may have other ideas at that point. :)
Just a reminder, if anyone would like to send us an e-mail while we are in China, we will be checking e-mail as often as possible at hoosier925@hotmail.com
Would appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers during our trip. Please pray that we all have a safe journey and that Emilie and the other two girls in our group will have an easy time adjusting to their new parents, homes and lives.
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