Month: September 2016

The last few days since we have been home have been a blur.  We started out today heading to Tyler’s doctor appointment that is actually scheduled for Monday (not today!)  We figured that out half-way to the appointment. We left Shanghai (luckily before this week’s typhoon hit) on Monday September 12th.  Security at the airports …

Friday was Shanghai Disney day. We were not sure if we were going to be able to shoehorn this trip into our itinerary, but mom always seems to work the magic. When the dust settled, we had survived and managed to have and enjoyable time; but we were completely exhausted. Yin…Yang. Our driver showed up …

Our last days in Guangzhou and then back to where we began our odyssey…Shanghai. On Monday, we went to the clinic (the CanAm Clinic – right in the hotel) to have T s stitches removed. Once the doctor was able to assure T that things were ok, he calmed right down. He sat remarkably still …

It was last year when we were here for Ryan’s trip, but in some ways it seems like yesterday.  We also stayed here for Ashley’s trip, but I can’t say that we remember it very much as Lisa, Rita and I shuttled back & forth to the hospital.  But still, there is comfort in a …

We left the Hotel for the airport promptly at 4:30, allowing 3 hours lead time before scheduled flight departure at 7:30.  Maggie, our guide assisted us through check-in and Security (as close as she could without going through herself).  Tyler was holding up as best we could expect in the terminal – he was exhausted …

Dad here reporting from the field… Wednesday was a sightseeing day.  We visited a local Park along the River.  The kids enjoyed some time in the “Sand Beach” area.  It was more a hard packed “Dirt Beach” than a sand beach.  That didn’t seem to matter to them.  They brought a few pounds of the …