OUR ITINERARY

Aug 28 - 11:30 am depart Seattle and fly to Portland (a very anti-climatic first leg of the journey!)
Leave Portland at 2:40 pm and fly to Tokyo. Spend one very quick hour in the Tokyo airport and depart for Beijing.

Aug 29 - Arrive in Beijing at 9:20 pm, where we will be met by our guide and taken to the Novatel Peace Hotel.

Aug 29-Sept 1 - Sightseeing in Beijing to include Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, the Great Wall of China, and the Summer Palace. We will also take a hutong tour (google it to get the gist of it).

Sept 2 - Fly to Nanchang, which is the capitol of Jillian's province, Jiangxi. We will be staying at the Galactic Peace Hotel. (Peace seems to be a common theme on this trip...I'll take that as a good sign!)

Sept 3 - THE BIG DAY!!! We get Jillian at 4pm at the Civil Affairs Office, which is apparently right across the street from our hotel.

Sept 4 - Paperwork at the Civil Affairs Office

Sept 5-6 - Free days for sightseeing, bonding, and of course, shopping!

Sept 7 - Pick up Jillian's passport and other documents. Depart Nanchang and fly to Guangzhou at 2:30 pm. While in Guangzhou, we will be staying at the Victory Hotel.

Sept 8 - Medical exam for Jillian

Sept 9 - Sightseeing, bonding, and more shopping.

Sept 10 - Visa interview with the American Consulate, 9:30 am. Our guide actually attends for us, but we have to be available in our hotel room in case there are any questions.

Sept 11 - Go to the American Consulate to take an oath and pick up Jillian's visa, by 5:00 pm.

Sept 12 - Depart Guangzhou at 8:20 am and backtrack the way we came. We arrive in Portland 15 minutes before we left China, at 8:05 am on Sept 12. Guess we will find the day we lost on the way over. Jillian will be a citizen of the United States when we pass through customs in Portland. We fly back to Seattle and arrive at about 11:30 am with the newest Nielsen.