This past weekend

I have received a few emails from Lori and John.  I will post them chronologically so they make sense...

Sunday December 2 -

We are here in our hotel room with a crib in it!  That is all they use for kids, not roll aways , we have her little play area set up. John is watching the baylor/osu game  on the tv so he is happy.

Our guide Maggie is sweet, just not clear on English.   We go to the civil affairs office at 10:00 am our time (that is 12 hours) for Gotcha day! 

Shenyang is huge and tall.  Hustle and bustle reminds me of NYC...  The Olympics soccer was played here so lot of newer buildings.  Jeez it's cold...but the hotel is hot and the room is nice.

 My observations are:  People do not like to wait in line always pushing and cutting.  For a person who is polite like John, it takes some getting used to.  He would be holding the door open all day!

 Driving here would give me a heart attack.  We stopped looking ahead while in the car...They do not stop at stop lights. We saw a bicycle on the highway, in 10 degree weather!   The grocery stores here are organized chaos. (you have to buy water..can't use tap water to brush teeth.)  You can buy just about anything in a grocery store. Like a department store that sells groceries.  Boots next to veggies!

Also I think I am the only blonde hair blue eyed person in Shenyang!   (8million people!)  Too many people looking at me, which is unsettling when you don't know the language.   Also there are a lot of Lexus on the road. More per capita here than in Highland Park!  Here the dealership is 2 stories! 

 We did find out that Kailey got to stay in foster care for longer than we were told, so that is very good. She is at the orphanage tonight.