Leg three begins - Guangzhou

Another full day of travel.  Today we left Hefei behind and headed for Guangzhou.  It started with a departure from our hotel at 12:00 followed by just a little more than an hour bus ride.  We checked in, said goodbye to our guide and driver and got to the gate about 60 minutes before takeoff.  A quick two hour flight and we landed in Guangzhou.  It was Chelsea’s first airplane ride and from her excitement we are fairly sure it was her first airplane sighting.  She was so excited with her nose pressed to the window and bouncing in her seat when she saw something new and exciting which was pretty much constantly. 

We landed and filed into yet another small bus.  It seems the longer the trip gets the shorter the bus.  I expect the next bus to come equipped with helmets, color coded with chinstraps.  Another 40 minute bus ride and 20 minutes to check in and it was 7:00 PM.  I know the hours do not add up but you are going to have to trust me on this.  There is some type of time warp here where ours just slip away.  I know it was at least 7:00 because we took three very tired young children to dinner.  Nolan came to but he was sucking it up and powering through.  We walked to an Italian restaurant for dinner at 8:30 and home to a three bedroom apartment at the Hilton Garden Hotel by 9:30.  It is truly a beautiful hotel and the extra space is definitely nice in comparisons to our confines in Hefei.

Tomorrow we will go to the required medical exam for Chelsea and the rest of the day is ours to sightsee Guangzhou is a very western city and has lots of shopping and great food.  We did not make it to Lucy’s tonight for burgers but maybe tomorrow.  This begins the third leg of a four leg trip and we are all pretty much dog tired…