We Have Arrived!

We made it to Hong Kong at about 8 p.m. Friday night. It was a little later than expected as our flight was delayed from take off by about an hour. We flew out of Chicago on Cathay Pacific and it was their first day of service out of Chicago; our flight was the first departure for them. When we arrived at the gate there was a grand celebration taking place with Chinese dancers in a dragon costume, food, food, and more food, drinks and a pig to be carved! They did speeches and congratulations were shared with many people. When our plane arrived at the terminal to load the passengers there was a water cannon salute by the fire department to help celebrate as well. Quite an event, but it did cause a little delay in take off - the flight was pretty uneventful, just very long, and Jadyn did extremely well -considering:) She enjoyed watching the TV monitors, but didn't want anything to do with the headphones. She slept during takeoff and a portion of the flight on and off - she has been doing quite well!

We took a shuttle to the hotel and got a fairly good night sleep, or portion thereof:) We feel much better this morning having had a couple showers and good meal. We will be heading to Fuzhou on a 3:15 flight and then get settled into the next hotel that we will be staying at until Friday. We will gather some supplies (water, water, water) and get ready to meet Lauren Yuhuan tomorrow!

We will keep you posted!

Here are some pictures from the ceremony before our flight to Hong Kong -

Here are some views from our room in Hong Kong -