Changsha, China

Today we said "goodbye" to Xi'an and "hello" to Changsha.  We finished our time in Xi'an by visiting a buddist temple there.  It was rainy and gross, but still interesting to see so much culture.  We were met with more stares and a couple of paparazzi moments as well :)  The highlight had to be this monk walking up and taking a picture with us.  They made us make prayerful hands...so funny!







 We then caught a flight to Changsha and met Ms. Meng at the airport.  She had flowers for each of us and it was so much fun to finally meet this little firecracker!  You could tell right away that nobody messes with her!  She actually kicked a couple of people out of an elevator so all of us could fit on it with our luggage.  SO FUNNY!



Our luxurious "taxi" for the day :)

We went straight to find Gracie's finding spot.  It was a very emotional experience and such an honor to be able to come back and experience it.   We were not able to find all the answers we were looking for, but I'm not very surprised at that.  I'm not really going to expound on it here because it's such an intimate part of Gracie's story.
I will share a couple of pics with Ms. Meng. She was commenting on how tall I am (she is tiny!) and so I was bending to get lower. Then she wanted me to stand up and she tip toed to get taller. SO cute!

We finished the night at a fun restaurant that had some super yummy food. What a blessing! This trip already has been an emotional roller coaster. It continues in the morning when we meet our Changsha Pearl River babies and their foster mothers. This includes Gracie's foster mother! I cannot wait to hug her neck and share some funny stories about our little spicy girl!

Here are a couple more pics from yesterday that I just got :)

Di and I tried the tandem bike for about 10 whole seconds...holy moly!! That was an accident waiting to happen!! Goodnight from China! Tomorrow promises to be another amazing day!!