We're here

Sorry its taken me so long to post. We got into China yesterday at about noon. The flights went well, although I was very glad to get off the last flight for the day. The good news is we made it! The bad news is that our luggage didn't. Our guide went back to check on it last night and it hadn't turned up yet. But we do have travel insurance and it covers our luggage. Also good news, is since it seems to happen often the 7-11 across the street from our hotel carries socks and underwear. (Sorry that's probably more than you need to know. LOL) The trip from the airport to the hotel was kind of a blur, but it was so fascinating to see China. Our guide, Wendy was telling us that there are 10 million people living in Guangzhou. We checked into our hotel yesterday afternoon and then went out exploring a bit on Shamian Island. Then we met two couples from our travel group and had drinks and supper with them. We went to this fabulous Thai food restaurant called the Cow and Bridge. It was really good. It's been raining most of the time since we've gotten here. We walked back from the Thai place and got drenched but it was a warm rain and actually felt pretty good. We were in bed by 7:45 last night and slept well until about 2. Got up for a few hours and then slept some more. We had a wonderful breakfast buffet at our hotel this morning. We're going to be spoiled when we get home. No one to make breakfast for us, no one to take our plates before the last bite of food gets into our mouths and no one to push the elevator buttons for us. Well, that's about all for now. We meet our guide at 10:30 this morning to do a walking tour of Shamian Island and to buy baby supplies. Guess I'll be buying a little bit more than everyone else, since most of Susanna's stuff is in the luggage. Then at 2:30 this afternoon, we travel into GZ to meet our babies. :-) Only a few more hours.

Catherine