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Well, at last my China travel plans are set. We'll leave on Nov. 1, spend a week in Beijing, then go to Changsha in Hunan Province to finally see Lydia! Then we go to Guangzhou for citizenship, and finally fly out of Hong Kong on Nov. 17. That flight home is long, and it's going to be hard for all of us, but especially Lydia. She'll be 15 months old and will only have been with us for a week or so. We don't have a separate seat for her, so we'll take turns holding her on our laps.
What makes it even harder for me is that I want to be in San Francisco by Nov. 19 for a big gathering, so I'll arrive from China one day and then fly back across country the next. I guess I won't even know how to get jet lagged!
I've started reviewing Mandarin CD's but probably won't have much language regained by then, especially the characters. Will have to rely on the kindness of strangers, as usual. In Beijing we'll be staying with L's sister (L is the adoptive mom) and in Changsha we'll hook up with a group from the adoption agency, and most of those people will not have been to China before, so we'll probably be taken care of. I've never traveled with a group like this before--hope I won't find it too frustrating.
I'm really looking forward to going back to Beijiing. I know it will have changed completely from my last visit in 1994--I hope I'll be able to get back on my campus and see what things look like there, but they used to keep the campuses very shut off. We shall see.
What makes it even harder for me is that I want to be in San Francisco by Nov. 19 for a big gathering, so I'll arrive from China one day and then fly back across country the next. I guess I won't even know how to get jet lagged!
I've started reviewing Mandarin CD's but probably won't have much language regained by then, especially the characters. Will have to rely on the kindness of strangers, as usual. In Beijing we'll be staying with L's sister (L is the adoptive mom) and in Changsha we'll hook up with a group from the adoption agency, and most of those people will not have been to China before, so we'll probably be taken care of. I've never traveled with a group like this before--hope I won't find it too frustrating.
I'm really looking forward to going back to Beijiing. I know it will have changed completely from my last visit in 1994--I hope I'll be able to get back on my campus and see what things look like there, but they used to keep the campuses very shut off. We shall see.
