WE ARE IN CHINA!!!!!! · May 23, 2009

GREETINGS FROM CHONGQING!!!

Hello everyone!!  We are in China!! We had a very safe trip--no flight delays, no problems at all!! We left Harrisburg at 9 AM Friday and arrived in China at 8 PM Saturday night---finally got to our hotel around 10 PM. Sooo it was a long day--but we are no worse for the wear! It is now Sunday AM--and after going to bed around Midnight--we all slept through the night---what a miracle!!

This hotel is AWESOME!!! Such a difference from the one we stayed in with Hope!  It is very modern and clean--and HUGE!! It has the most amazing indoor pool--with a retractable roof--marble floors and columns--unreal!

Wlaking into our room and seeing Sam's crib all set up next to our bed gave me goosebumps!!! Cannot believe we meet hime tommorow!! Ahhhhh!!!!

So--we are off to explore the city today---it has a really cool pedestrian walk area, lined with shops. Also there is an outdoor flower market that looks so cool---everyone is buying flowers to decorate their cars for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival later this week--so it should be neat to see!!!

I will post an update of our adventures later tonight (which will be Sunday AM to you!!) We are 12 hours later here!

Love to all!!! And leave us a note---we love to feel connected to all of those at home!!!!

Love love loveXOXOXO

Darrin, Amy, Hannah & Joseph

Having a pre-trip massage!!
on our way.....
Joseph--discovering he has his own TV complete with 330 movies and video games!!!!
The "quarantine" patrol taking our temps before we were allowed to de-plane--NERVE WRACKING!!
A little "CATE" (I suppose they mean CAFE??? How cool that it says Hope Star?? Hope and our Starfish!!
Just make sure you DO NOT Dabble!!! haha
our hotel lobby!
the crib!
Hannah modeling the complimentary robes!
cool bathrooms!