After a quick run to the market to get some diapers and water, we were greeted by our travel mates who informed us that our American Airlines flight from Beijing to Chicago has been cancelled. Apparently, American Airlines has lost their license to fly into Beijing until May 4th. I immediately tried calling American Airlines and after almost 30 minutes was able to speak to an agent who tried to get us on a flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai to Chicago to Milwaukee still arriving at the same time on 4/30; however, we are still waiting for confirmation for the initial flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai. I tried calling back this afternoon after shopping (on hold at least 45 minutes) and they said they still didn't have confirmation and that I should try back tomorrow morning. Not good! I also have emailed our travel agent to get him working on this tonight (daytime in US) so that hopefully, by tomorrow morning I can wake to good news that we will still be able to arrive home on time.
In the meantime, we did some more shopping on the island today, and after being turned down on our offer at one store, we came upon Jenny's which went over and above to give us great prices on all the items we wanted and top notch service. We HIGHLY recommend visiting them if you come to Guangzhou! They were so kind and thankful for our business and really gave us such good prices on the quality items they carry. They are just down the street from Starbuck's - don't be scared off by the construction and look closely because they are not easy to see. She is located next door to Sherry's - another great place to shop.
Tomorrow morning is our Consulate appointment so we have to stay in the hotel room until we get the call saying all is good (please keep your fingers crossed) and then we will also hopefully have good news about our flight home.
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