Pictures, Weird Stuff, and Watches

This morning was relaxing with a chance to catch up on paperwork, etc. Our guide returned from the consulate with Enyi's visa to enter the US. Tomorrow we will take our official oath and wrap up everything here in GZ. On Thursday, we are simply waiting on delivery of his final paperwork and fly out for Beijing around 7:00pm and arrive around 10:00pm. We then fly out the following afternoon from Beijing on a direct flight from Beijing to Chicago where Enyi will first step foot on US soil and become a US citizen. (I did pack the American flags to wave for the photo op). Later in the morning, we met on the infamous "red couches" of the White Swan Hotel for pictures of all the adoptees and their families in our travel group. (In summary, I was sweating and exhausted when it was over...much crying and screaming...and some by the kids, as well!) After the pictures, we walked over to the market which is the largest of its kind, in China, according to our guide. Lots of skins of snakes, lizards, and fish stomachs...yum?? Live scorpions, dried beetles and locusts, etc....There were also lots of live animals that I kept saying that they would make great pets...I hope! We, however, decided on ice cream for a snack...
The day ended with me taking the boys to the freezing cold pool where they seemed undaunted by the temperature and had to pry them out after an hour...with blue lips, I might add. Jay, on the other hand, joined some of the other guys in our group for a shopping trip to the watch market. Let's just say he got some GREAT deals on Rolex watches....since we had our jeweler guy from Houston leading the charge, he feels confident that he got a great deal.
See you tomorrow for our last full day in GZ. We are SOOOO anxious to get home!