Saturday, March 15, 2008

Travel Itinerary

Here are our official travel plans for our trip-

Wed. March 26- Flight leaves Greenville at 9:10 am to Detroit, then to Tokyo, Japan for a 4 hr. layover, then fly to Beijing. Arrive in Beijing at 9:30 pm on March 27. The time is 12 hours ahead so it will be 9:30 am on Thursday EST.

Friday March 28- Temple of Heaven tour in Beijing, lunch at Jai Dai Cun Restaurant, Chinese Acrobat Show in the afternoon.

Saturday March 29-Tour Beijing including Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City.

Sunday March 30- Fly to Shenyang City in the Liaoning Province. Clare's home city.

Monday March 31- This is it! The day we get Clare. Gotcha day.

Tuesday April 1- Complete official adoption paperwork.

Wed. April 2 to Sun April 6- Free days in Shenyang.

Monday April 7- Another paperwork day (hopefully not all day)

Tuesday April 8- Fly to Guangzhou, China. The American Consulate is located here.

Wednesday April 9- Medical exam and visa photos for Clare.

Thursday April 10- American Consulate Appt. at 9:00 am

Friday April 11- Take oath at American Consulate Office and farewell dinner

Saturday April 12- Flight to Home Sweet Home- Arrive in Greenville at 7:10 pm on Sat.
April 12, flight 3729 on NW airlines. It takes 24 hours to fly home
but we go backwards in time zone so we arrive home the same day.