Spent a good part of the day figuring out travel arrangements on Tuesday. We fly to Beijing on April 4, spend some time there sightseeing, go to Nanchang to meet Tamasyn on April 8 (Easter Sunday), and then on to Guangzhou for consulate appointment April 17. After we receive visa for her on April 18, we will take a train to Hong Kong, stay overnight near the airport, and then fly home from there the next morning.
We used a widely recommended travel agent, Todd Gallinek, and he made the booking of the to-from China part very easy. Some folks do it on their own, especially if they are using frequent flyer miles and need to deal with airline directly, but it can be a bit of work flying in and out of different cities and having a one-way ticket for kiddo on the way back who did not travel with you on the way there. We also read it is nice to have somebody to help if travel plans go haywire while in China, so shout out to Todd for being so helpful and efficient!
The details of the in-China travel are fuzzy otherwise because our adoption agency is planning that and hasn't updated us just yet. From what I hear, there is some hurry up and wait and needing to be flexible for last-minute change of details -- not unexpected.
Auntie is also booked to come stay with big brother while we are gone. Hoping for sunny weather since where she is from is snowless and she is bravely taking on my carpool duties!
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