Bye Beijing Hello nanchang

This morning we were up at 4 am and had to leave Beijing for the airport...As you can see from the top photo the weather was still gray..Grace our guide confirmed it is like that always and it will also be like that in Nanchang City where we are off to next.....Well we arrivied in Nanchang and as you can see from the bottom photo it is still gray out...This city have only ten million people whereas Beijing had 15 million. This town is real China..
Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, is located along the Ganjiang River. For many centuries, it was a storage and distribution center for the famous porcelain from nearby Jingdezhen. In 1937, it became famous when on August 1, Zhou Enlai led an uprising against Chiang Kai-Shek’s nationalist army at Nanchang before retreating to the nearby Jinggang Mountains to form one of the first armed forces of the Chinese Red Army. Today, the anniversary of the uprising is celebrated each year in China as the day the People's Liberation Army was founded.

Claudia was born in shang rao which is in jiangxi province but about 3 hours away from nanchang. we are not allowed to visit the orphange.

We arrive d in our hotel at about noon and will leave around three to go to the Civil Affairs Office to meet Ling Cha Lian. We are traveling with 5 other families and they are all wonderful and just as excited. We will walk in civil affairs a group of 12 and leave a group of 18. Five of our travel companions are first time parents and it is so exciting to share the moment they become moms and dads...I just can't wait....