Z with our count down numbers! 2 weeks from right now we will be on our way to China!!  Woo-hoo!!  It is definitely starting to feel real.  We got our itinerary yesterday.  Here is what it looks like: Wednesday, October 5-  Depart for Beijing, China, through Seoul, Korea Thursday, October 6-  Arrive in Beijing, go [...]

We tried calling the Consulate, but really had no luck.  After MUCH deliberation, I think we will be leaving on October 5.  Thank you to everyone who sent me messages with different opinions and viewpoints. I took them all very seriously.  So sad that we have to wait another few weeks, but I am trying [...]

Well, our agency told us today that we will not be able to travel next week because they were not able to get our Consulate Appointment.  I am majorly disappointed.  Here are our 2 options: Option 1:  The US Consulate assigned us an appointment date of Oct. 17.  Working backwards from this date, we would [...]

I know I have been MIA for a while.  It isn’t because things were dull around here, because that is never the case.  Unfortunately, I just have not been in a good place about this wait for traveling to China.  In the past few weeks, it has really just gotten to me.  It has seemed [...]