Thursday, March 01, 2007

We made it!!

Well, we made it! The plane ride was horribly long and we are exhausted, but we are here... in Beijing, China. Talk about culture shock! The weather here is much warmer than Canada. Today was 6 degrees... much warmer than our minus 10! The smog is unreal... I guess because of the polution. There are alot of people, and so far they are all really nice.

Our hotel room is small but nice. We are adjusting to the smells of the city... very different! We have not tried any Chinese food yet, but we plan to tonight. Dinner last night was a peanut butter sandwich (thanks Dena for the homemade bread). We were totally exhausted last night (we had been awake for almost two days) so we went to bed around 7:00 p.m. and got up this morning at 3:00 a.m. We did not take many pictures yet as we were totally exhausted, however we do have a picture of our wonderful guide Freda. She is really nice and helpful. We are doing a tour today and going to the acrobat show this evening, so I am sure we will have lots of pictures tonight.

We love you all and miss home already. Thanks Wanda for posting about Gracie. We talked to Gracie several times while in Ontario, and we are so thankful that she is in such good hands. I hope your visit went well.

Gracie, we love you sweetie and we miss you terribly. We are going to try to buy a calling card some time today and will call you as soon as we can. We wish you were with us. We hope you are having lots of fun.... talk to you soon. Love Mommy and Daddy.

6 comments:

Carolyn said...

Yay!! It's good to know you're there safe and sound.

I'm passing on a message from Lynn & Cec:
The first part of the CBC news story about your adoptions will be covered on our local CBC Radio Morning Show sometime between 7:15 and 8 am this Monday, March 5th. The, the TV coverage will be on that same evening (Here and Now, suppertime). Pass the word so everyone can alert their families to watch it!

Take care,
Carolyn

Lisa said...

Thanks Carolyn, I will alert the others. Maybe we will sit around my laptop and listen to it!

Libby,Dave, Holly and Christopher said...

Glad you arrived safely.Freda is the same guide we had last February.Please say hi to her for us.She was absolutely fabulous.

I found it really hard to adjust to the time change. I barely was able to stay up past 7 o'clock and would wake up 2 or 3 am and couldn't get back to sleep.

Only a few more sleeps now.

Take care
Libby

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear that you finally made it to China. You both have been waiting for this day for so long. We can't wait for you to bring Maggie home. We miss you both, and hope you have a wonderful trip. Hope to see you all on the 16th.

Kim & Eddie,NL

Anonymous said...

Hi Lisa and Brent, just wanted to congratulate you on making it to China, it's been a long time coming. I hope you have a safe journey home with Maggie. I am so happy for you.

Anonymous said...

We are thinking of you and following your journey!!!! We are so happy for you. Glad to see you are finally in China and will soon have Maggie in your arms.
xoxoxxox
Faye, Boyd, Bethany and Katie