Itinerary

Many are curious about what we will be doing during our 17 days of travel.  Here's a summary:

Sept 1 - Depart to China
Sept 2 - Arrive in China (late at night).  We lose a lot of time due to the time change.
Sept 3 - Sightseeing on our own.  Meet up with our adoption agency guide and our travel group late evening.  Go to hotel.
Sept 4 - Beijing tour with travel group (other adopting parents)
Sept 5 - Church, more sightseeing
Sept 6 - Morning flight to Alexis' province, meet Alexis!  Start paperwork.
Sept 7 to 10 - China Civil Affairs and notary appointments.  Sight-seeing and shopping in free time.
Sept 11 - Alexis' medical exam, more sight-seeing.
Sept 12 - Fill out forms for U.S. Consulate appointment.
Sept 13 - U.S. Consulate appointment.
Sept 14 - Consulate oath taking ceremony, pick up Alexis' visa
Sept 15 - Travel to Hong Kong airport hotel.  At this point we're on our own again.
Sept 16 - Our wedding anniversary! Celebrate in Hong Kong while trying to figure out how to be romantic and sight-see with a small child in tow.
Sept 17 - Fly out of Hong Kong, arrive back in USA