Welcome to our Trip Blog

We will use this site to document our journey to Chongqing China to adopt our daughter Lexi.

Here she is:




She will be 10 months old when we pick her up.

While you are looking, here is a link to the rest of our family:

Our Family

Here is our itinerary (I will add it as a permanent link):

China 134--CWTS-FT061125A-Chongqing

Total Staying Days: 13
November 23: Leaving U.S.
November 24: Arriving in Beijing by United#851 at 16:05 staying in
Wang Fu Jing Hotel in Beijing
Tel: 011-86-10-6522-1188
Fax: 011-86-10-6522-3749

November 26: Sightseeing the Great Wall and TianAnMen Square

November 27: Fly from Beijing to Chongqing by HU8830 at 10:50, arrive Chongqing
at 12:50, stay in Hilton Hotel
Tel: 011-86-23-8903-9999
Fax: 011-86-23-8903-8600

Meet the children in the afternoon

November 28: Registration and notarization

November 29-12/2: local sightseeing

December 3: Getting legal documents, (Birth Cert, Passport, Adoption Decree and
Abandonment Decree, it is the responsibility of the adoptive parents to check on the accuracy of the legal documents and not to lose them)
fly from Chongqing to Guangzhou by HU7076 at 11:00, arrive
Guangzhou at 12:30, stay in White Swan Hotel
Tel: 011-86-20-8188-6968
Fax: 011-86-20-8188-2288

December 4: Photos for the babies, Physicals for babies

December 5: Visa appointment at 9:00

December 6: Swearing in ceremony at the Consulate, getting the visas
fly from Guangzhou back to Beijing CZ3195 at 19:35
arriving in Beijing at 22:10, stay in Sino-Swiss hotel
(closer to airport)
Tel: 011-86-10-6456-5588
Fax: 011-86-10-6456-1234

December 7: Return flight United#850 at 17:25