The day has arrived.........

We were in Nanning for three days. After the experience of meeting our new granddaughter, it was going to difficult to do anything to compare. We did, however, manage to see a few of the sites.

Nanning is the Capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. More than 60% of the population of 2.8 million are Zhuang people, who are China's largest minority and virtually indistinguishable from the Han.

Mostly our sight-seeing was done in the immediate vicinity of our hotel. We were able to observe the way of life in another of China's more important cities.

The morning of March 3, 2005 was one of the high-lights of our trip. This was "Adoption Day". We went to the "Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region" Notary Public Office so our kids could finalize the necessary documents to make the adoption official. As you can imagine, this was another extremely moving experience. One that none of us will ever forget.

Once our new granddaughter was offically a member of our family, we could at least relax a bit and enjoy some of the most beautiful scenery in China, maybe the world, Guilin and the Li River Valley.

This was the next stop on our journey.