Travel Plans

Does this sound crazy or what? :)

April 11 6:00 am United Flight 385 to San Francisco Arriving 8:05 am
April 11 11:16 am United Flight 889 San Fran to Beijing Arriving 2:25 pm April 12.

3 days in Beijing (Friday thru Sunday, April 13--15). After sleeping most of Thursday (4/12), we will meet our guide Charlotte Friday morning and start the sight-seeing part of our trip. I believe we will see the Forbidden City and Summer Palace on Friday, the Great Wall and shopping on Saturday, and the Peking Duck dinner/performance also on Saturday night.

Sunday, April 15th, we will check out of our hotel in Beijing, head to the airport, and fly to Guangzhou, a 2-3 hour flight we believe.

Monday, April 16, is "Gotcha Day"--the day we receive Alison--and have more paperwork to fill out. We will be in capable hands of our guides there too.

We will be in Guangzhou from Monday 4/16 until Saturday 4/28, attending certain meetings with government officials, including the US Consulate in Guangzhou, and doing some sight-seeing and shopping. We also hope to explore this beautiful modern city, and just get to know our daughter better at the hotel (Victory Hotel).

Return trip: Now for the crazy part (or, what happens when you have to make flight arrangements overseas in less than a week.....)

April 28 12:30 am Asiana flight 724 from Hong Kong to Seoul, South Korea Arriving 4:55 am
April 28 5:30 pm Asiana flight 272 from Seoul to Seattle Arriving 11:20 am.

Yes, you read that correctly......a 12+ hour layover in Seoul. We have heard that one can rent a hotel room at the airport, for up to 6 hours....this we will definitely do if available. I'm sure baby (and Blair) will need a nap and bath/shower!

Also, we don't know yet when the short flight from Guangzhou to Hong Kong will occur, but we'll update you here when we know more.

Also hoping to post pictures each day of our trip, and journal some if we're not too tired. (yeah, right?). :0