Goodbye Wuhan, Hello Guangzhou!

Back to Civil Affairs Building for passports

Down the stairs again
Civil Affairs Building-receive children on gotcha day and pick up passports before departing for Guangzhou
Good Bye Wuhan!

We arrived in Guangzhou Friday evening. We were happily surprised to see Lily waiting to pick us up at the airport! After checking into our hotel, Rebecca and Lily gave us the rundown of events for the following day. Then we unpacked and went to bed. This morning we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast buffet with every kind of breakfast food you could imagine, American and Chinese. Part of the fun of staying at the White Swan hotel on Shamian Island is that many U.S. adoptive parents stay here too. We have met many amazing families and see that many special needs kids are being adopted. Although we are not stared at as much as in Wuhan I still notice the Chinese people checking us out here too.
We completed the medical exams with our group of seven families, three from Small World and four from Lifeline. On the way to the medical exam, whom should we see but Jack our guide during Hannah's adoption. He said he remembered us and we snapped his picture. The other Small World family that joined us here in Guangzhou received their daughter from Dianjiang in Chongqing. This is the orphanage our Hannah is from. We ate lunch at Lucy's and found out Sarah loves french fries with ketchup. We ate dinner as a group at the Cow and Bridge restaurant. Tomorrow we go to some sort of shopping mall. Enjoy the pictures!!