Shanghai

After touring the gardens and surrounding area in the morning, we enjoyed a fabulous American meal at an American restaurant and savored every.single.bite.  Our first night in Shanghai, Pryce was not feeling so well.  He made up for it all by inhaling hamburger sliders!  

With good food in our tummies, we were all geared up for the remainder of our afternoon which included going up into the Shanghai World Financial Center.  The Shanghai World Financial Center, at one time, was the tallest building in the world.  

 We boarded an elevator that took us up in what seemed like a second flat!  The floor at the top is glass so you can look straight down at the little cars and people and buildings below.  And it was swaying:/  

 The Oriental Pearl Tower

 Ryan has now informed me that he watched a documentary on the Shanghai World Financial Center and the reason for the hole in the top is so that it will not fall down.....glad to know that now and not before!  We were in that hole at the top!

 McDonald's

This particular ad was one for a two patty burger topped with sausage links??? 

 Noah and his beloved bed....he is very proud of having his own bed in a room with his foster brother that overlooks the city of Shanghai.  After a day full of sightseeing, it was time to say goodnight and goodbye to this little guy and his foster family.  What a privilege it was to have the opportunity to visit with all of them!

 We were up and at the airport by 7:00am the next morning to begin our journey home.  At this point, Pryce and I had this traveling thing down....

We began in Shanghai, flew to Beijing and met up with our team, boarded our flight home, emergency medical landing in Anchorage, Alaska for two hours, landed in Dallas, nightmare running through the airport trying to catch the next flight possible for us to get home, exhausted.  We were all done.  And we were told only 5 of the 11 remaining members of our team could board the flight home....the rest of us would spend the night in Dallas.  So, we suited up, put a thankful smile on our face, and ate a huge meal on the airlines tab, checked into a hotel on the airlines tab, slept for a few hours, got up and FINALLY made it home 48 hours later.  

 And these three were over the moon excited to see their mommy and big brother!

 And this little one was all done.  All was right in her world....all of us under one roof again made for a great night of rest!