We leave this afternoon on a long (15hr?) flight back to Chicago.
It has been a fantastic time, but grueling. I developed a nasty head cold
in Nanchang that kind of diminished our time in Shanghai. We tried to go
on a boat trip last nite, but it was cancelled due to Typhoon! We got to
see a little bit of the Shanghai skyline at nite from the cab ride.
Awesome! Even covered in clouds!
All in all it has been a wonderful trip. I think the highlight was the
orphanage trip, followed closely by the Pandas and our Chengdu experience.
Xi'an and Beijing were awesome too.
I think we accomplished what we set out to do. Christine and Lily now have
a new appreciation of their original home, and hopefully a better feeling
about themselves and their culture as a result. And we had a truly
memorable family experience.
Now we go home with wonderful memories (and about 20GB of media to wade
thru!). We are looking forward to familiar sites, sounds, faces and food.
And perhaps bring some new things and ideas to add to that repitioure. We
will add some pics to the blog as soon as we can get things sorted out.
Bye for now!
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Sent by Rob Beal from my Blackberry handheld
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