Getting There!

This morning we were up early to book airline tickets and hotel.  We are leaving on Wednesday!  We are going to spend four days in Hong Kong along the way.  Which will be great.  Hong Kong Disneyland here we come.  Then we will fly into DaNang on September 1st.  We booked a gorgeous looking beachfront resort.  I can't think of a better place to bond as a family than on the beach and around a pool!  On the days prior to the G&R we will have the opportunity to visit some of the local tourist areas and I am so looking forward to it as this area of Vietnam looks absolutely amazing!  Of course getting to meet our daughter and finally being able to bring her home with us will be pretty amazing too!

Once all is finished in DaNang we will fly to Hanoi to get passports.  We were planning to stay in the West Lake area to get a little bit away from for hustle and bustle of the main area.  Fortunately, or unfortunately depending how you look at it, we read the extra fine print on the hotel booking and found that in that area it says if you make any changes to your booking you will be charged 100% of the originally booked dates.  Since we do not know exactly when we'll be coming home and it is quite likely that we'll need to make some changes, we decided to go back to the good, old, tried and true Somerset.  That is where we stayed when we adopted Nathanh.  There was nothing bad about it, just a bit noisy, the price and was better and the fee to change the reservation was minimal.  At least we know what we are getting and already know great restaurants nearby.  Depending on how Thianna does with the transition we may try to get out of Hanoi for a few days while we are waiting on her passport but we'll make that decision once we are there and can see how Thianna is managing with so much change.  This trip is about her and we don't want to overwhelm her any more than necessary.  The days are going to go by fast now and there is still much to do but I know it will all come together.