Saturday, July 17th-Part 2

We left our hotel around 11:30 for the airport.  Everything went smoothly.  Like everywhere else in China the airport was very crowded.  Our flight was supposed to leave at 2:00 but didn't take off until after 3:00 so we sat on the plane for an hour before we finally took off.  We had 2 extra seats so that worked great.  The girls colored, tore paper (which they both like to do for some reason) and generally made a mess.  Other than a slight meltdown by Lillie Mei, they did fine.

At our hotel just before we left.   Lillie Mei was having a "moment".

With our guide, Candy, and our driver, Mr. John       

Waiting to the board the plane and Lillie Mei watching as we land.

Jia with her goat, Ya Ya.  The most popular kid's show here is the cartoon "Three Pleasant Goats and a Big, Big Wolf". Ya Ya is the leader.  She picked him out and is quite attached to him.

We arrived around 6:00, got our luggage, met our guide and headed to the hotel.  The White Swan is a very nice hotel and has many adoptive families staying here.  It is the same place we stayed when we adopted Lillie Mei.  After we dropped off our stuff we headed to Lucy's for dinner.  They have American and Chinese food.  We ordered Jia rice and broccoli (the girl LOVES broccoli) but she tried my hamburger and loved it.  I think she will be fine with American food!  After dinner we settled in to our bedtime routine and the girls were asleep quickly.   Guangzhou feels so much more like a vacation than Beijing.  I think we will make it!!1