Friday, February 9, 2007

Day 9: Nanjing/Guangzhou



Our last day in Nanjing! We have heard Guangzhou is a more international city with many more restaurants that we will enjoy. We cannot wait to get there - let alone that means we will be on our last stop before heading home!!! :-)

Nancy brought us Jailyn's passport, vaccination record, and medical report from the orphanage. That means we are ready to leave Nanjing. Very exciting!

We spent the day packing and worrying about Jailyn's Saturday's medical appointment. We have heard that if the kids have a fever of over 38c (100.4f) that they will be quarantined for 7-10 days. Ugh! Fortunately we have some Motrin and a great family we met gave us some Azithromycin antibiotic. We will see how Jailyn is doing in the morning.

Nancy (see picture) brought us to the airport and helped us get our tickets and pass through security. We were sad to leave Nancy - she was wonderful! We cannot tell you the value of having a great guide, especially in a city like Nanjing that is much less internationalized than Beijing or Guangzhou.

We arrived into Guangzhou about 7pm. Rebecca picked us up at the airport and took us to the White Swan. A fabulous hotel and the nicest we have stayed in so far. We have a river view room which is gorgeous at night. There are so many lights, it looks like a laser light show. I will have to see if I can manage to get a picture!

Guangzhou is over 10 million people, and its not even in the top 3 largest cities in China - wow!

Busy day tomorrow (Saturday). We have the medical appointment in the morning and much paperwork to complete in the afternoon, necessary for receiving Jailyn's visa.

Less than a week away from arriving home! We are so excited to see Brady, Kenzie and Conner again!

Love,
Bryan and Jodi Sue

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

WE miss you! Kids are taken care of and doing well!
Traci :)

Anonymous said...

I cant wait til you all get back home :) I hope everything is going well.

<>< Jessica