For those of you might be wondering what has transpired over the last year or so since my last meaningful blog post, well...life! Eleora's adoption brought her into our lives, and every day is just full. I'm not much of a blogger, so there haven't been any updates here since we came home from Ethiopia more or less. But I'm bringing it back now to share and journal some of the details of our trip to China. We are here in Nanchang, China to be united with our adopted daughter Brielle. It's been almost 6 years since we began the adoption process, so its actually pretty surreal to finally be here to get her. After weeks or preparation, we boarded a Cathay Pacific plane at Los Angeles Intl. for a 15 hour flight to Hong Kong. It left at about midnight, so we were all pretty tired to begin with. Audrey slept for about 12 hours of the flight! Hali initially fell asleep but woke up as usual at 6:30 am PDT like she does every day. Amber and I only managed a few hours of uncomfortable sleep, which made the flight all that much longer for us. I was extremely uncomfortable and feeling pretty ill, so Hong Kong didn't come soon enough! We enjoyed some coffee and croissants once the shops started to open. We arrived at HKG at 5:30 am, but our next flight wasn't until about 11:15, so we had some time to recover. The 1:30 to Nanchange flight on China Eastern Airlines was a breeze. We were promptly met by Mary our guide and through customs without a snag. Our driver brought us all to the Galactic Peace Hotel. We have two adjacent rooms, which are very nice! We had dinner in the hotel. It was a shame we were all super-tired and messed up by that point, because the food looked really good. We just didn't have much of an appetite. I have to say there was one dish of beef and diced dragon fruit stir-fried together that was very good! We hit the hay at 8:00 pm, totally exhausted. The bed is literally harder than the floor, but I did not care one bit at that point! At about 4:00 am we all couldn't sleep any longer, and we were all starving. The same thing happened when we went to Ethiopia! So we were there for breakfast as soon as they were open. The hotel buffet is outstanding! We had lots of familiar things available to eat, but we definitely tried a few new things, too. Mary arrived at 8 to take us on a guided tour of the Lushan mountains...(to be continued tomorrow when I'm not too tired to see straight).