Final Leg of Trip

I'm a little behind these days (surprise!) but wanted to report on the final days of the trip. We completed all of our paperwork and everything went without a hitch! After keeping it together the entire trip I got a little teary eyed just certifying the paperwork was accurate - I guess I was just relieved to know we were actually done and nothing had happened to delay us any further. We left China and headed to Hong Kong where we had an afternoon and evening built in to see sights before leaving in the morning. That sounded good in theory but in practice not so much. Wu Ning cried at the promenade, cried at Victoria's Peak, and cried until she fell asleep while heading back to the subway. In between crying the sights were beautiful though and I would love to see more of Hong Kong if I get the opportunity to go back to Asia. The standard of living is much different than China and you feel like you are in any major international city.

Flying Home - the happy part

Gwen with some new friends

Hong Kong Skyline
Pretty dresses for the group picture

Then it was time to fly home - a flight we'd been dreading with 2 kids. The first flight was worse than I expected (and I'm sure the people around us were thrilled) so it was a long 4 hours. Then time for the 10 hour flight were Wu Ning kicked and screamed for about 20 minutes and then collapsed and slept about 8 hours - yeah! I didn't sleep a wink though so by the time we got home I was worse for wear.

But we came home to a great surprise - welcome home signs and a ton of food from friends - it was wonderful coming home to a stocked fridge! We are so lucky to have all of you and it made us feel so happy to be home.