July 11, fly out of Alabama,USA, north to Michigan.
Fly from Michigan, west to Washington State.
From Washington State fly north west for a LONG time ...
...land in Beijing, China ( north eastern China - green area with star, inside of Hebei Province - Beijing is the capital of China,) spend a few nights and see some stuff that one day I will be glad that I have pictures of. :)
From Beijing fly almost straight south (veer a bit to the west) to Nanning, Guangxi. (Guangxi borders the South China Sea and Nanning is actually to the east of the top of Vietnam.)
Receive Lyric!!!!!!
And, then spend about a week doing adoption stuff for China.
From Guangxi fly due east to the city of Guangzhou in the province of Guangdong, spend about a week doing American consulate stuff.
Done? Ready to go home? Yes, please!
Fly a bit south east to Hong Kong. ( The status of Hong Kong is more than a little confusing. Hong Kong is an island off of mainland China and, according to Wiki Answers, "Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China; therefore, it is a part of China, but not physically "in" China. It falls under the slogan "One country, two systems" because of the differences between China and Hong Kong." The short version? The British had a ninety-nine year "lease" of Hong Kong that ended in 1997 when they returned it to China. )
From Hong Kong fly alllllll the way back to Michigan, USA ( in Michigan, Lyric will become a US citizen- my Ohio State University fan husband is NOT too excited that she'll become a US citizen in Michigan, hahaha) and then to Alabama, arriving July 27.
( It's really sorta strange, China is a day ahead of the States so we leave on July 27 in China at 10:25am, fly 15 + hours, and land in the USA (Michigan,) at 1:40pm also on July 27. Good thing I took that "New Math" that they forced on us in the 1980's. hahahahaha)
I have been told that I CAN access my blog from China so pictures and updates to come when I have the energy. I can NOT access Facebook so if that's how you find out about blog posts, you may want to figure something else out.
We're outta here!
Over and out.
After traveling all that way, it would only be a short drive (and a shorter flight) to Columbus, so she could be citizenized in the Buckeye State.
ReplyDeleteHappy travels. Can't wait to read your "birth" story!