Day 9 -- Medical exam and more paperwork

Ryan:  Who would think there would be a 7-eleven in China?  I sure didn't.  There happens to be one really close to our hotel.  We have gone there twice to get drinks.  Sadly, they don't have slurpies..boo hoo hoo.  They don't have hot dogs either...just some strange Chinese to go food.  We also heard there was a Subway close by...I'm excited about that.

Jonny: I am glad to be in Guangzhou. The hotel room is good. We have a door in between the rooms. My sister seems to be enjoying it. At breakfast you have a good view of the river! Breakfast was really good. They have a waterfall by where we eat breakfast. They have two pools. One is square and the other looks like a dog with no tail.

Tammy: Emily did great on her first plane ride. Once we got off the ground she went to sleep and slept until we got to the hotel. It was nice to walk in and feel the ac as soon as you hit the lobby. There was a wow factor in the greatness of the hotel. We longed to be with other people from our group. It was refreshing to see them all at breakfast.

We spent the morning at the “medical exam.” HAHAHAHA Hilary you were so right! Laughable. Emily got a clean bill of health. She can hear because she responded to the squeaky toy that the person squeaked next to her ears. She does weigh 16.2 pounds. She was a trooper.

Roger:  It is good to start the final phase of our China adventure.  The whole family was ready for Guangzhou and it did not disappoint.  This area we are in is right on the river and very quiet.  I will forever be hearing the car horns from Nanchang.

As Tammy mentioned, we had a medical exam in the morning.  In the afternoon, one representative from each family gathered in our guide's room to fill out the US paperwork.  Lots of forms and repeating the same information over and over.  I am not sure how I got stuck filling out the forms, I would much rather have Emily time :).  It was nice to spend time with the other families we met in Beijing and to hear their gotcha stories. 

Tonight we went to the world  Guangzhou famous restaurant called Lucy's.  They serve "western" food.  The boys and I had a hamburger.  As one of the other Americans we met here said "In America it wouldn't be a restaurant we would go to very much but here...it is great!."  It was nice to have familiar food.