Thanks for your patience everyone. We know that not all of you are sitting by the computer waiting for an update, but we know that Grandma Pat and Nana Caroll are... so here you go. The trip has been very good and uneventful so far. We arrived in Hong Kong on Friday (Thursday for you) and had a couple of days there to get adjusted to the time change. However, most of us in our travel group still wake up at 4 AM sharp. Some even earlier! But we are pretty well-rested, considering. We were very fortunate that out flights were on time and our bags made it. Not everyone in our group was so lucky.
We toured Hong Kong yesterday and the weather was fantastic and nearly 70. As a group, we drove up to Victoria Peak, which overlooks the city; rode in a sampan around the harbor, had a wonderful lunch including dim sum, and then Justin and I explored a little on our own. We walked around with several million other people, wandered around a park with an aviary, and ended up watching the sun set over Victoria harbor ...pretty classic Hong Kong.
Our travel group has been really great and couples are from all over the US. Justin and I are one of the few that will be new parents, so we should be able to sponge advice from the experts around us.
The White Swan Hotel has lived up to it's name so far and must have been the crown jewel in its day. Smaller but comfortable rooms with a nice river view.
So tomorrow is the big day. We have seen a few new babies around the hotel and neighborhood and we just tear-up thinking about our next 24 hours. We will have a meeting in the morning and get ready to meet our babies in the afternoon (4 pm our time, middle of the night for you) . Our group's babies will travel by van from their orphanage in the very northernmost part of this province, so they may be tired and/or cranky after a seven hour journey. We just can't wait to finally have her in our arms. So you should wake up Monday morning with our "Gotcha Day" news. We can't believe this day is in our reach and we look forward to giving you great news tomorrow.
3 comments:
Great post -- glad to know our incessant badgering works! Love hearing the details...can't wait for tomorrow's update!
Wonderful to hear from you! I can't wait for tomorrow's post, but know that you'll be very busy tomorrow morning too, and so know that posting for us will be and should be last on your list of things to do. Getting Helena settled in your arms and just being with her come well before feeding our needs!
Thinking of you!
Kristen, Herb, Stuart, and Ellen Hayashi
Stella, Tina, and I are all so happy for you guys and we wish you all the best in the coming days! Kisses to little Helena!
Stella-Tina-Geoff
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