One long day
Okay, I know today was not the 16 hour flight that we have coming up on Monday, but it was a long day none the less!
The morning started like all the others at the White Swan with a buffet breakfast that would rival any I have even seen, just with a little more Asian influence! Ann Marie and I enjoyed the morning meal with Savannah dining on her congee while using her “Magic Bowl” to mash egg yokes into oblivion! When we finished I looked like I had gone through an egg farm explosion, only the eggs were hard boiled! I hurriedly brushed off Savannah and myself and we started to whisk away before someone found the mess we had made, when out of the blue a hostess tapped me on the shoulder and asked, “Sir, was this your table?”, to which I hesitantly said yes. She then handed me “Magic Bowl” and said “Have a wonderful day!” Boy was I surprised!
We also used this morning to create our famous “Red Couch” photo of all the babies in our travel group. The red couches, famous at the White Swan Hotel, are something of a tradition with adoptive parents so we followed suit. It was a grand time as all the new families were present and all the babies were dressed in their best Chinese dresses. You look at this photo and tell me those babies are not the cutest things in the world!
After the photo Ann Marie and friends went off to finish shopping and I was left along in the room to get the bags packed for a 2:00 pm departure. Savannah went down for her nap at 11:30 only to be woken up by a phone call some 45 minutes later, leaving Dad to pack with one arm while a sleepy little girl clung to the other. Needless to say when the bellboy showed up at 2:00 for the luggage I was still packing! Ooopps!
Well, after narrowly making the luggage cutoff we loaded the buses at the White Swan in route to the United States Consulate where Savannah would finally become a U.S. citizen and we would begin our long trek home. Once at the consulate, we were greeted with a computer glitch in the connection to Washington D.C., so we were slightly delayed. Not too bad, but still any delay in getting back home is a big one!
The bus ride to Hong Kong was a good one, slow, but good! Ben Lin, our guide in Hong Kong is a real comic and had TsingTau beers and soft drinks on board for all the new families to celebrate. Our crossings into the Economic Zone and Hong Kong were uneventful and the busses dropped off the tired, hungry and still enthusiastic group at 9:15 pm. Savannah made the trip with no problem and even downed a couple of bottles along with way. She held her own until about 10 minutes from the hotel, then the damn broke if you know what I mean! A few minutes later we arrived at the Regal and we all departed for our rooms, ready for some rest! After a gathering a quick meal from the airport Spaghetti House restaurant we are now ready to settle down for a good sleep. The baby is in the crib sound asleep, Ann Marie is patiently waiting for the hotel staff to fix her hot pot so we can have water for the formula and I am working on the BLOG so you can all follow our little adventure.
A couple of more days until we leave for home. Monday’s Continental flight could not seem farther away, but then again we have waited many months for our little girl so a couple of more days before we return home should not hurt too badly! That’s about all for tonight. We are going to try and take it easy tomorrow, but if anything cool happens you guys will be the first to know! Till then….
Michael (always the comedian), Ann Marie (spend it all), and Savannah (just give me the bottle) Kennedy
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