The Red Couch

So, today was the big day for the Red Couch photo. For those of you scoring at home who may not know the power of the Red Couch, let me lay it down for you. Legend has it that at the White Swan hotel, on Shamian Island in Guangzhou, there was once a Red Couch. Upon that Red Couch were put some of the first adopted children for a photo. Regardless of the mist that time has put upon this tangled history, today was our day to join in on this special event.

We took our little guys down to the White Swan dressed in their finest attire and snapped away like mad.



After we did a little quesadilla lunch (a favorite of the blond one), we headed back to the hotel for some nap time and then a little walk off the island to the nice little chunk of Guangzhou paved over as a pedestrian mall. Quite the mall is is, too, and one that the local population obviously takes much pride in.



All in all a lovely day. We also found out that our visa paperwork was all good, so that means we're off to the consulate tomorrow for the oath ceremony, our last step in the whole visit. Thursday morning, we fly back across the ocean.