Our itinerary

Last Friday, we received our itinerary from our coordinator. We're going to China a couple of days ahead of most families in our group, so I've made a note in the summary below to indicate when we meet up with everyone.

• Thursday, Feb. 1: depart Canada
• Friday, Feb. 2: arrive in Beijing and settle in to the State Guest Hotel (a.ka. Presidential Plaza)
• Saturday, Feb. 3: do whatever we please! (Will probably tour the Forbidden City)
• Sunday, Feb. 4: do whatever we please until our guide picks us up to meet the rest of our group at the Sino-Swiss hotel near the aiport. We'll spend the night there.
• Monday, Feb.5: depart for Nanchang, the capital of the Jiangxi Province of China. Receive Claire at 4 p.m.! We'll be staying at the Gloria Plaza Hotel in Nanchang.
• Tuesday, Feb.6: do a bunch of paperwork at the Provincial Government Office (adoption registration, apply for Claire's Chinese passport)
• Wednesday, Feb.7: visit the Tengwang Temple
• Thursday, Feb.8: receive Claire's adoption documents
• Friday, Feb.9: receive Claire's passport and depart for Beijing
• Saturday, Feb.10: children's photos for their Visas; tour the Beijing Zoo and the Summer Palace
• Sunday, Feb.11: tour the Great Wall of China
• Monday, Feb.12: medical exam for Claire; shopping in the afternoon
• Tuesday, Feb.13: shop at the Silk Store and indoor market
• Wednesday, Feb.14: kiss our little Valentine! And also tour Tiananmen Squre and the Forbidden City
• Thursday, Feb.15: depart for Canada. We arrive in Canada that same day, due to the time change.

12 more sleeps until we're with Claire!