Well, I spoke a LITTLE too soon about the weather...today was much different. We had an awesome buffet breakfast at the hotel. There was tons of excitement in the room, as everyone is anxious to get their children! Many have adopted from China before, and are here a second time! Hannah is doing great, and excited to be here in China. After breakfast we headed for Tiananmen Square. We thought the weather would be nice...as soon as we got to the square the sky turned DARK and we had a huge downpour of rain. None of us were prepared and many people were in sandals and flip flops. It continued to be dark and pour down rain. We then were escorted to a tunnel to wait out the rain. That didnt seem to work so unfortunately our tour of the Forbidden City was walking straight through pretty quickly. My shoes and socks were soaked as if I had just jumped into a swimming pool. Then we went to lunch...chinese food. After that we visited the Summer Palace and the Pearl Factory, where hannah got a new necklace. It was very interesting. We have enjoyed learning about the culture here. We then enjoyed dinner! I am proud of frank as he is venturing out when it comes to the food, while the rest of us watch him! They also brought out a huge birthday cake for MOM! Everyone sang at the restaurant. I had been up an insane amount of hours, so we were glad to be back to the hotel. Even though the weather was bad, we really enjoyed seeing everything. Next stop.... THE GREAT WALL!!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace
Well, I spoke a LITTLE too soon about the weather...today was much different. We had an awesome buffet breakfast at the hotel. There was tons of excitement in the room, as everyone is anxious to get their children! Many have adopted from China before, and are here a second time! Hannah is doing great, and excited to be here in China. After breakfast we headed for Tiananmen Square. We thought the weather would be nice...as soon as we got to the square the sky turned DARK and we had a huge downpour of rain. None of us were prepared and many people were in sandals and flip flops. It continued to be dark and pour down rain. We then were escorted to a tunnel to wait out the rain. That didnt seem to work so unfortunately our tour of the Forbidden City was walking straight through pretty quickly. My shoes and socks were soaked as if I had just jumped into a swimming pool. Then we went to lunch...chinese food. After that we visited the Summer Palace and the Pearl Factory, where hannah got a new necklace. It was very interesting. We have enjoyed learning about the culture here. We then enjoyed dinner! I am proud of frank as he is venturing out when it comes to the food, while the rest of us watch him! They also brought out a huge birthday cake for MOM! Everyone sang at the restaurant. I had been up an insane amount of hours, so we were glad to be back to the hotel. Even though the weather was bad, we really enjoyed seeing everything. Next stop.... THE GREAT WALL!!
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hello from the Nguyen twins!
We are glad that you got there safely. We hope you enjoy seeing the Great Wall. We really like your necklace Hannah! We are glad that your grandmother Nana Cole got to have a birthday cake for her birthday. We are glad that Hannah is having fun in China and making new friends. We already miss you a lot Hannah. We'll watch for another report tomorrow from China! Love, Sophie and Sadie
Since you posted a little late....LOL...I checked on some other blogs and saw that it poured! BUMMER!!!
Hope you can see off the Great Wall!
Holy cow!! about the rain!! YIKE Sounds you are all having a great time in China and the summer palace what a neat picture and a neat building too. Hannah, Hello!! seems you are having fun too!! :-)
Love Angelina
Loved, loved, loved the photos of Hannah with her new friends and also the photo of her soakin' wet; your mom's HUGE birthday cake and the other sites of China. Thank you so much for posting and keeping us up-to-date on what's going on! Please tell Frankie that I'm really proud of his adventurous eating! I love that you were "forced" to use a squatty potty! LOL. Cracking up here in Cali. I'm praying for you often. Can't wait until Gotcha Day!!
Ok, I am totally laughing about the comment, "...had lunch...chinese food" HAHAHAHA YOU ARE IN CHINA! - Ton
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