We leave for China in Two Weeks!

Last Thursday our agency confirmed our Consulate Appointment with the American Embassy and we are now cleared to make our travel arrangements. We will be leaving on April 29th and returning on May 17th. We will have our final itinerary by next week, but a few key dates are confirmed. We will be flying into Shanghai and spending a few days learning about the culture before traveling to Nanjing in the Jiangsu Province where will be united with Lily. Our ‘gotcha day” is planned for May 4th. We have been given permission to visit the orphanage in Xuzhou City which is about a five hour drive from Nanjing. After spending about a week in Lily’s province we will fly to Guangzhou for our consulate appointment on May 14th. After we receive Lily’s visa we will travel to Hong Kong and fly home. We are counting down the days until we leave!