Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tuesday in Guangzhou

Its finally here...our last night in Guangzhou! We received Lilah's immigration visa and paperwork earlier this evening and we fly to back to Beijing tomorrow.
Our stay in Guangzhou has been really great except for the lack of sleep due to Lilah's crying/wailing at night. She is sleeping soundly as I am typing this; hopefully she sleeps through the night.
Yesterday we went to the US Consulate to take Lilah's oath. We now have everything we need and she will become a full U.S. citizen after we pass through customs in San Francisco on Thursday.
Last night we went on a dinner cruise on a riverboat on the Pearl River which runs through Guangzhou. It was really cool with all of the buildings along the river lit up in amazing colors and billboards that keep changing. Even all of the river boats were lit with neon!
Today was pretty laid back. We went shopping at the Pearl Market and the Jade Market. Guangzhou has the largest jade market in China and I was told that there were something like 10,000 jade dealers in the market. After seeing it, I don't doubt it at all. Later we went back to Shamian Island for even more shopping. My wallet is now quite a bit lighter.
We leave for the airport tomorrow morning at 10:00 and have a 3 hour flight to Beijing. We have to stay one night at a hotel near the airport before we catch our return flight to San Francisco on Thursday.
We have really enjoyed our trip, but everyone is ready to be home. Quinn was tearing up a little and said that he really misses Chaz a lot.

2 comments:

  1. I'm so ready for you to be home!
    Tell Quinn that Chaz misses him too!
    But that he's been really well behaved and loves treats just like Quinn!
    Counting the minutes!
    XXOO
    Nana

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  2. We have been thinking about you and Jacob has been wondering about Quinn's trip. It is so neat to hear about your experience! We can't wait to meet Lilah -she sounds like so much fun! The Ratzliffs

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