Travel Itinerary - Nanchang and Guangzhou, China

We get to finally meet Sydney on Tuesday, January 2nd! Then we part with a significant sum of American currency, but in the grand scheme of things, we think we're getting the better end of the deal. While in Nanchang, we are staying at a hotel called the Gloria Plaza Hotel.



Then we stay in Nanchang for a few days of sightseeing and more official paperwork.

We fly to Guangzhou on January 7th. While there, Sydney will get her visa photo taken and get a physical exam. We also have (you guessed it) more official paperwork to do. We won't be staying at the famous White Swan while in Guangzhou, however. At the recommendation of our adoption coordinator Fei, we will instead be lodging at the Victory Hotel.


Not the picture you had in mind of a hotel in China, is it?

So, we are staying at the Gloria Plaza Hotel in Nanchang and the Victory Hotel in Guangzhou...and Wendy's parents are named Gloria and Victor...coincidence? We think not!

Once everything is cleared, we fly out of Guangzhou and come home to Portland via Tokyo on January 11th. Due to flying over the International Date Line, we leave China at 8:30 AM on the 11th, and we arrive in Portland at 7:00 AM, also on the 11th. So it appears that time travel is possible...