Whirlwind!

It's been an amazing trip so far and the best is yet to come - in about 34 hours or less, in fact.
Our visit in Japan was amazing and the research went well. We arrived in Beijing on Thursday afternoon and spent yesterday on our own - walking around Tiananmen, saluting Chairman Mao, having lunch at a favorite neighborhood restaurant near the first place we stayed in Beijing in 2001, and going to the Summer Palace.
Today, we'll meet the 8 other families in our group and climb the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall - this is one we haven't visited before, which is very exciting.
And tomorrow morning, it's off to Nanchang where, after 4.5 years of waiting, we will meet our baby girl. We talk and think of her all the time, especially since arriving in China. Now we'll be together!
Near Red Bridge, Kiyosato, Japan.Carlyn is ready to board her ANA flight to China!

Captain Carlyn at the helm of her Summer Palace sloop.