Physical Exam Day!

Today we went as a big group to the health clinic for adopted children to get them checked out. What a zoo! We are almost done jumping through hoops! I think all we have left is the appointment at the consulate’s office and then we will get Eli’s visa the next day and then we fly the next day….

Eli weighed in at 27 pounds with clothes on! He will be able to hold his own!

After we were done at the clinic, we walked around the area, had lunch at Lucy’s Café and went and checked out the White Swan Hotel…We are still not sure what the deal is because that is where everybody traditionally has stayed here in Guangzhou, for those of you that don’t know, our understanding was that it was closed for renovations…it was business as usual it looked like to us! We checked out the red couches that everybody takes pictures on! The people in our group that have been over here before, said they like the lobby at the White Swan, but The China Hotel has way better rooms! For any of you that are getting ready to travel to China, this hotel is amazing and the breakfast is equally amazing…we have gotten over the fact that we aren’t staying at the White Swan, but we are still figuring out where we will take our group pictures…

We are opting out of the city tour tomorrow to have a down day. Dave plans to take a taxi back to the island to find a Catholic church. Eli and I will start our day when Eli wakes up….

Tonight we went to a great restaurant as a big group! What an undertaking our CCAI reps have! We were quite the sight! The food was delicious…a mix of Chinese cuisine and Portugese!

Today was the first day we have seen the sun since we landed in China except for when we were 35000 feet up in the airplanes above the clouds!

Enough for tonight..again the bed beckons!

Goodnight from Guangzhou