Today, the other 2 families left. It is a bittersweet moment. We are all ready to go home and settle in to our new lives, yet we have formed an indescribable bond with the other families. Our daughters will forever be orphanage sisters. Let there be no doubt that there are reunions down the road for our group.
The German Consulate appointment went very quickly, no pictures there either. We can pick up her visa in the morning.
We took some pictures around the hotel and then we spent the day shopping leisurely around the island. Some things here are much like home, but many things are different.
David next to a jade pagoda. For only $15,000, you can have one, too. (A pagoda, not a David - he is priceless)
The jade ship in the lobby. There are MANY elaborate jade carvings all over the hotel.
A Chinese day care - looks like home.
However the freash meat market on the street does NOT remind me of home. In the very large white bucket next to the live worms is a tank of live snakes. Yum!!
This afternoon, we went with another family from our adoption agency to the downtown electronics market. You could buy anything there including black market movies. We steered clear of those, but David did manage to buy a new set of earbuds. I'm not sure what everyone is thinking in this photo...see what happens when you don't say "Cheese!"?
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