"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place,
or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break."
--An ancient Chinese belief




Important dates:

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Itinerary / Reiserute

This is the itinerary for our trip to China. Her er reiseplanen for turen til Kina.

FEB. 28, 2007
UNITED AIRLINES Flight # : 415 Economy
From : BALTIMORE WASHNTN, MD 0738A 2Hr 08Min
To : CHICAGO OHARE, IL 0846A Non Stop

FEB. 28, 2007
UNITED AIRLINES Flight # : 851 Economy Multi Meal
From : CHICAGO OHARE, IL 1242P 13Hr 23Min
To : BEIJING, CHINA 0405P Mar. 1, 2007 Non Stop


MAR. 1, 2007
AIR CHINA LIMITED Flight # : 4110 Economy Dinner
From : BEIJING, CHINA 0650P 2Hr 30Min
To : CHENGDU, CHINA 0920P Non Stop

The plan for our in-country stay will be. Planen for oppholdet i Kina er som følger.

Mar.01: Arrive in Chengdu on flight CA4110/21:20, guide will meet them at airport and transfer to Prime Hotel.
Mar.02: Go to the Civil Affairs will meet their children and sign the adoption agreement in the morning. (This means we will get Matthew three days earlier than what we thougt. I will have to update the ticker.)
Mar.03: Shopping on this day. (Every girls dream, huh?)
Mar.04: Visit the Panda Nursery. (This is a breeding resort for the Giant Panda. This is the resort where Tai Shan's momma came from. We are really looking forward to this one.)
Mar.05: Go to the Civil Affairs for the registration and applying the passport in the afternoon.
Mar.06: Continue to do the process for notarization.
Mar.07: Visit the Du Fu Memorial Hall. (This I believe is a museum of one of the most famous Chinese poets.)
Mar.08: Free. (Wow. Relaxing in between, translated, do whatever you want.)
Mar.09: Pick up passport. Chengdu to Guangzhou on Flight CA4309(19:30-21:30) Transfer to Victory Hotel.
Mar.10: Medical for baby and take photos.
Mar.11: Visit Six Banyan Temple. (A budist temple. We might skip this but we'll leave it in the plan for now.)
Mar.12: Pearl River Cruise. (Dora the explorer says to put the life-jackets on.)
Mar.13: 09:30 am at U.S.Consulate for visa appointment. (Raise your right hand. Is all information given true? Yes! Go back to the hotel and wait for visa.)
Mar.14: 16:00 Pick up the visa in the afternoon.
Mar.15: Leave Guangzhou for home on Flight CZ301/08:25. Transfer to airport.

Homebound itinerary is. Turen hjem blir slik.

MAR. 15, 2007
CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES Flight # : 301 Economy
From : GUANGZHOU, CHINA 0825A 55Min
To : HONG KONG, HONG KONG S A R 0920A Non Stop

MAR. 15, 2007
UNITED AIRLINES Flight # : 862 Economy Multi Meal
From : HONG KONG, HONG KONG S A R 1150A 11Hr 43Min
To : SAN FRANCISCO, CA 0833A Non Stop

MAR. 15, 2007
UNITED AIRLINES Flight # : 294 Economy Food for Purchase
From : SAN FRANCISCO, CA 0235P 5Hr 03Min
To : BALTIMORE WASHNTN, MD 1038P Non Stop

I know it is a long post but now you know how our trip will be. Jeg vet at dette innlegget er langt men nå vet dere hva vi vil gjennomgå på turen. Jeg har ikke oversatt beskrivelsene så hvis du har problemer med å forstå, spør en venn som forstår om å oversette for deg.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have a great journey and enjoy Chengdu, the pandas, and Du Fu Cottage! We were there (all three) in May of 2005!

Larry

Anonymous said...

Thanks Larry! We will enjoy our trip! We can't wait! Just a few days now!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!


Kristen
Matthew's mommy

Anonymous said...

Have a nice journey,say hi for Matt...