We are in Guagzhou!

We finally made it to Guangzhou, the last leg of our trip. Sorry we were not able to update our blog from Nanchang but the internet connection was at the best 'flakey' and we could barely access our Yahoo mail box.

We got here yesterday. Annalisa was great on her first flight. She only got a little upset when we landed and she saw all the people get up at the same time. I think she got a little claustrophobic. We checked in our beautiful hotel, the five star Garden Hotel downtown Guangzhou, and got right back on the bus to go take pictures for the babies visas and go to the medical examination required by the American Government for all foreign people that come in the states. The medical vist consisted of three parts: Ear, nose and throat (pretty much a doctor queezing a toy to make sure that the babies turned their heads), weight and length (she weighed in at 7.6 kilos) and finally a doctor that checked her heart beat and a few more things (I could not tell exactly what he was looking for).

After the medical visit we had a couple of hours to browse through the local stores for souvenirs and a quick dinner before we got back on the bus to get back at the hotel.

Today (Wednesday) is our day off. We have no appointments, no busses to catch, no paperwork to fill (we are done with all of it). We got up this morning at our own leasure (acturally at Annalisa's leisure) went to breakfast then took a long walk around the hotel. This afternoon, after Annalisa's nap we'll take a cab ride to Shemien Island to go visit the White Swan hotel (where we were supposed to stay) maybe take a picture of Annalisa on their famous red couch and do some more shopping.

Everything is going very, very well. Annalisa is bonding to both John and I and she is a jewel of a baby. She has her fussy moments (generally at 5:00 am and at 5:00 pm) but otherwise she is wonderful. We are still keeing her on pedialyte and a little bit of rice cerial, her diarreah is getting a little better but I really think that she has some kind of intestinal parassite. We have an appointment with our pediatrician on Monday to run some tests and make sure everything is ok.

I'll try to post more about the past few days when we come back this afternoon.

Ciao for now!

With my pretty dress on!


Having dinner at Lucy's on Shemien Island!

Medical examination!


School kids exercising on our way to the medical examination!
My first McDonald visit!


On the plane to Guangzhou!