We applied for Ling Ling's travel visa today with a group of about 12 other families with newly adopted children waiting to get their children and families back to the States. It was interesting and heartfelt to meet the other families and children. We swapped contact info with a family from Sacramento. The families were mostly from Mid-Western areas like Nebraska, Ohio, Chicago, and Kansas. There were two young boys and a few children overall with special needs or medical related issues. No cameras were allowed in the building. We had to swear an oath for something very important and official but neither Joel or I can remember for what exactly. Not to minimize the importance of the process but seems like more fanfare and regalia at this point; we are ready to get home!
After, Mrs. Liang took us to the Guangzhou Zoo and we had a fun time there. Ling Ling was asleep when we arrived at the tigers, her Chinese astrological sign. It was really cool too because an attendant was chucking huge slabs of meat from the railing to the tigers, six of them, and they were enjoying a feast right in front of us. I really wanted to see the pandas and was shocked to see how slumming it they were. Looks like some renovations are due for the panda digs.
p.s. Ling Ling's buzz cut is growing out a little...
After, Mrs. Liang took us to the Guangzhou Zoo and we had a fun time there. Ling Ling was asleep when we arrived at the tigers, her Chinese astrological sign. It was really cool too because an attendant was chucking huge slabs of meat from the railing to the tigers, six of them, and they were enjoying a feast right in front of us. I really wanted to see the pandas and was shocked to see how slumming it they were. Looks like some renovations are due for the panda digs.
p.s. Ling Ling's buzz cut is growing out a little...
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