Monday, June 9, 2008

First day in Hangzhou


Most of our group had to meet Helen at 5 am yesterday to ride to the bus and get on planes to go to the province where we would meet our children. We seemed to have the earliest flight but wondered why we were at the airport so early if it departed at 8:40. Well, our flight left an hour earlier!
We got to Hangzhou and met our guide Rebecca. She took us to a store so we could pick up formula, diapers, snacks, and water. She said there might be a surprise at the hotel and we might want our cameras out. We drove up to see Josh and Lilly (our agency founders) waving at us! They had been checking on the orphanages in Sichuan that were effected by the earthquake before coming here for a quick visit.
We decided to go get a bite to eat with our little group and ended up at Pizza Hut. Our table was a sight to see (many around us kept looking over) because most ordered the 12-inch pizza thinking that the 9-inch would be what was a small personal pizza at home. Everyone brought pizza home!
We are up early because we went to sleep very early last night. We leave to get the children around 8:45 this morning!

4 comments:

Shana and Scott said...

I FINALLY remembered my login! UGH!

We are so happy for you! Enjoy every minute and post pictures whenever you can!

Shana

Shana and Scott said...

I am so excited for you! Have a wonderful experience and enjoy every moment! Love- Shana

Shana and Scott said...

Ok, so you can delete my second comment! Obviously, I got excited and was worried that my first didn't got thru. FYI, so you can plan accordingly if need be- I have a friend at the WS right now and the playroom is closed for remodeling. Ok, you can delete this one, too! So excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Wow... What a pleasant surprise...

I hope that Niklus is happy to see his Mom & Dad today...

Waiting for pictures...

Karen, Scott, & Grace