After we were done in the gardens, we went out to get lunch! We planned on going to a Japanese place, but the lunch menu was not in English and noone was able to help up with translations. We ended up back at the Mexican place!
After lunch we walked around a bit....
and then went back to the room.
Mark and Charles, the little boys in our group came to our room to play for a while.
Our guide had gotten permission for us to keep our rooms until 4 PM. Just before 4, the bellmen came and got our bags and the cleaning crew was there to strip the bed and get it ready for the next guests.
We went to the lobby and received the very important documents that we had to bring with us to the USA for Myah to become a US citizen. We said goodbye to 2 familes that were not traveling with us to Hong Kong and packed the 2 vans with our luggage and 2 other families to start the drive. We had to get out of the van to walk across the border out of China, and our driver met us on the other side.
We were then able to drive through the Hong Kong border.
Of the three families going to Hong Kong, we were in 3 different hotels. Our's was the 1st stop, so we said goodbye to the 2 families that we had grown to know and love through our time in China. I will say that the 2 familes that we said goodbye to in Guangzhou, we have grown to know and love too! We checked into our room and then found out how to take the subway to downtown Hong Kong, so we could see the city lights. Once off the subway, we took a 5 minute walk to the ferry so we could see the lights on the water. We ate a LATE dinner and then took the ferry and subway back to our hotel and dropped into bed around midnight.
Myah is such a trooper, she slepted in the carrier and we were able to get her into her bed without her waking up. At 6:30 AM the alarm went off. Not our alarm, but the one that stays in the hotel. We just laid in bed until 7:00, when we needed to get up. We were showered, dressed and ready to eat breakfast and off to the airport by 9 AM.
Myah did rather well on the long airplane ride. There was a spell that she was sooo tired and was struggling to go to sleep. Jeff was finally able to get her to sleep by putting her in the carrier and holding her really tight. I think that feels safe and secure in the carrier.
Upon arrival to Chicago, we went through customs and immigration and our precious Myah Faith WenXia Stone became a US Citizen. We had a few hours to kill so Alexander did homework and Jeff and I made a few calls. Our flight to KC was delayed but thankfully only by about 20 minutes. All 4 of us slept for part of the flight, which was nice.
We arrived to KC and were greeted by the two little boys, Jeff's parents and my parents! It was so so good to be back in KC. We gathered our bags and drove back to Belton, and went to Bob Evans. My sister, and 2 of her kids met us there. We ate and visited and then headed home.
I was ready to get everyone settled down and in bed, but Zachary wanted his gifts, so we pulled everything out and it was midnight before we were all in bed. It was so good to be at home in our home and sleeping on our own pillows in our comfortable bed!!!
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