Way Overdue Update (or, “Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na Nanchang!”)

Holy cow! I am wayyy behind in sending out updates to the blog! Sorry, friends, readers, and Big Brother.

When last we left The Dynamic Duo plus one, they had just arrived in Beijing after flying for 14 weeks (or so it seemed). Here’s a quick summary post of what we’ve done and where we are today. Musings and observations follow in separate posts:

Day 1 – Thursday, 2/10 – Washington, Dulles – departure flight through Newark to Beijing

Day 2 – Friday, 2/11 – Beijing – arrived in Beijing, checked into Radisson hotel, ate dinner at hotel Chinese restaurant, went shopping at Carrefour

Day 3 – Saturday, 2/12 – Beijing – Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, pearl factory, Summer Palace, silk factory, Olympic stadium, tea house, Peking duck dinner

Day 4 – Sunday, 2/13 – Beijing – church service, jade factory, lunch, Great Wall, dumpling dinner, acrobat show, packing

Day 5 – Monday, 2/14 – Beijing/Nanchang – flight on Air China, arrived Nanchang, bus to the “Galactic Peace International Hotel”, walked to Civil Affairs office, Gotcha Day!

Day 6 – Tuesday, 2/15 – Nanchang – Notary visit, shopping at Wal-Mart, free time

Day 7 – Wednesday, 2/16 – Nanchang – Sightseeing at the Tengwang Pavilion, free time

Day 8 – Thursday, 2/17 – Nanchang – People’s Park, Porcelain shop, free time

Day 9 – Friday, 2/18 – Nanchang/Guangzhou – Chinese passport for BSP, flight on South China Airlines to Guangzhou, bus to Marriott’s “China Hotel”

Day 10 – Saturday, 2/19 – Guangzhou – Medical examination for Penny, shopping, free time

More detailed information to follow...