Today was CRAZY. We left the hotel at 6am. We caught the first flight from Hong Kong to Guangzhou. Arrived there at 9:30 and were supposed to catch second flight at 10:55. However, that never happened. We met 2 other families also adopting from our agency. They were very nice, and one of them had another almost 5 year old.
However, that is when things began to get tricky. Not many people spoke English, we had to take our bags out in order to check them in again. There were a lot of people there. Anyway, we lost our connecting plane. Only 1 of the other families was able to catch the flight. As for us, the airline was able to accomodate us in another airline. We then went through customs and after that, this guy from China Eastern Arlines asked us what time our flight was. He began saying problema, problema, and got us in this car where he pretty much zipped us all through the airport to our gate. He was our angel without whom we would definitely have not made our flight. We were the only non Asian travelers in that flight. We arrived at Nanchang at 2 pm. Since we missed our original flight, our guide was not there when we arrived.
Today we were able to see that we are now in the real real China. It looks a bit like Puerto Rico, at least what we saw from the airport. The climate is also somewhat similar. The only thing is that I am thinking that in Nanchang they definitely not get a lot of Latin people, which is understandable, because we have been stared at quite a bit. Not in a negative way or anything, more like as if we were a curiosity, especially Sebastian, who attracts quite a bit of attention.
When we got to our airport, we met our guide, whose name is Yan. She is very nice, and explained that we will get to meet Ms. Gabriela tomorrow around 3 pm, when she will be brought to our hotel. She told us that the people from the orphanage, especially the director, were very nice. We are now less than 24 hours away. Next time I post, we will be a family of 4. The nerves are definitely there, as well as a lot of anxiety, but there is so much emotion and happiness and feeling as if we have been on this path our whole lives.
Pd Today I saw my first squatty potty. Quite the experience!




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