Friday June 3rd.
Greetings from Nanning,
It's hard to believe we have already completed 1/2 of our adoption journey. Today we will be saying our good bye to Nanning and Hello to our final destination of Guangzhou.
Yesterday we visited the Nanning Ethnic museum to soak up as much as we can about Sofie Graces's heritage. What an incredible museum of memories that we can teach Sofie. Sofie comes from one of 12 ethnic groups in China representing 39 percent of the population. It is called "Zhuang". The "Hun" is the majority group in China.
After the museum we returned back to the hotel for more bonding time in the later part of the afternoon after Sofie's nap time. We took Sofie to the pool and she absolutely loved being in the water! Jim and Chloe have been swimming for about an hour daily. The pool here has been such an awesome break in our day.
We are sad to leave the Marriott Nanning as we have become close to the staff here. The Executive chef and head of the restaurant check in with us each visit to the restaurant. The head bell boy also greets us personally with a "welcome home" each time we return to the hotel. Yesterday at lunch the executive chef hand delivered two Teddy Bears to Chloe and Sofie with shirts saying Marriott Nanning. What an incredible keep sake for both of the girls. This hotel should receive 6 stars instead of 5 in our book!
Today we depart for the last leg of our journey to Guangzhou for more adoption details and completing Sofie's Visa to come back home. Although we are ready to come home, we are also looking forward of the next chapter of our Journey.
More to come,
Jim, Lesli, Chloe and Sofie
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