Well, it has definitely been a whirlwind couple of days! We spent Wednesday getting all of the remaining supplies together and then packed up and drove down to visit family for Thanksgiving. We stayed through the celebration and left town around 6pm to head back home. We gathered and packed most of our stuff that night, and then spent Friday putting the last remaining items together. Oh, and Drew also had to do some work and I sewed a little blanket for Little Man. We doubt he will get to keep it, but we figure it's worth a shot. I used a little fleece blanket I got from the dollar store for, big surprise, $1, and paired it with some scrap fabric I received from my Grandmother last Christmas.
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| Ain't no party like a dachshund party! |
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| I am so grateful for all of these people! |
Our flight didn't leave until Friday evening, so we had plenty of time to make it up to the airport stress free. We also had to say our goodbyes to Sherlock. Drew's mom and her husband took us to get dinner and then dropped us off at the airport. Before we knew it, we were check in and waiting for our flight to visit Little Man!
The flights were really smooth. The first flight was pretty short. Drew stayed awake the whole time and I dozed for most of it. The second flight was the long leg, and they did a great job. Granted, some of our enthusiasm may be due to the fact that we had 3 seats to ourselves. Lots of people had the whole middle row to themselves and managed to lay across all three seats. From what we have heard, we think the service was pretty typical. On these international flights, they are constantly offering beverage service. They also served us two meals (a really late night dinner and breakfast). We both had bibimbap for dinner and pancakes for breakfast. The meals were pretty good considering it's airplane food. The last leg of our flight was equally as uneventful as the first. We landed and collected our baggage without trouble in Little Man's country, and we were then picked up by our facilitator and translator.
The flights were really smooth. The first flight was pretty short. Drew stayed awake the whole time and I dozed for most of it. The second flight was the long leg, and they did a great job. Granted, some of our enthusiasm may be due to the fact that we had 3 seats to ourselves. Lots of people had the whole middle row to themselves and managed to lay across all three seats. From what we have heard, we think the service was pretty typical. On these international flights, they are constantly offering beverage service. They also served us two meals (a really late night dinner and breakfast). We both had bibimbap for dinner and pancakes for breakfast. The meals were pretty good considering it's airplane food. The last leg of our flight was equally as uneventful as the first. We landed and collected our baggage without trouble in Little Man's country, and we were then picked up by our facilitator and translator.
These two ladies were really nice, and talked to us the whole way in to the hotel. They dropped us off at the hotel, made sure we were situated, and made plans to pick us up the next morning at 10:30. After they left, we found our room and settled in a little. We were really tried, but it was still mid-afternoon, so we opted for a walk to help keep us occupied. We walked down to the beach, which is less than half a mile from our hotel. There were lots of other people milling around at the beach, including a dog in a snow suit!!
After the beach we looped around to the market to pick up water and a couple snacks. Once we were back in our room we spent a couple more hours unpacking, organizing all of our donations and gifts, and then figured out how to find the tv channels in English. It was finally 6 o'clock, and we opted to have our first meal in country at the hotel restaurant. The prices weren't bad and adopting families also get 20% off at the restaurant. We finished our meal and then came back and crashed from 7:30 pm until 8:00 am!
