Well, we've come to the end of our journey, faithful readers, and the 3 of us are really anxious to be getting home. Don't despair though as I will be updating all the entries I made with the corresponding pictures. Hey, I might even be adding a few more entries as Alana picks up the pace of my life! Less than 20 hours to go and I can't wait till Lola and Buddy give me some really sloppy, wet, doggie kisses! Ah, home. --- Today, we slept. We had the chance to go see the Summer Palace and Beijing zoo but we decided to rest up for the trip home. We have 11 hours to Vancouver, 2 hour stopover, and 4.5 hours to Montreal. It all starts at somewhere around 6 pm Beijing time. I confirmed our places on the plane and managed to fanagle the front row seats where there are baby bassinets on the wall. We will be rotating the use of these bassinets with the other kids, there are 8 in our group and I think 3 or 4 baby beds. I must say that our group got along fabulously. We had 8 couples, actually 6 couples, one pair of sisters and a mom and daughter pair. Very easy going bunch. The rant from yesterday's blog was mainly about the other group from Quebec that traveled with us from the same agency. We were 26 all in all. Also, our guides, Monica in Nanchang and especially Mrs. Chuang from Beijing were just awesome. If anyone would like to visit China, a guide like Mrs. Chuang is a must. She is a pro. Military style! When she says we are leaving at 9;15 we are LEAVING at 9;15 and all are on board heads counted and babies must be dressed! She speaks Chinese and French and knows how to maneuver through Chinese bureaucracy. She also has a great handle on Chinese history so we got a running commentary through the streets of Nanchang and Beijing. Just awesome. There is a predetermined amount of tipping for guides, drivers and bag boys and Mrs. Chuang already got a raise. We decided to up her portion of the tip pool. She earned it. She was a factory worker who got randomly picked out of the factory by the Red Party to be sent to school and learn French. That's how they did it back then. No bourgeois aptitude tests here. "You, you and you! Learn for your country!" That was somewhere back in the 70s and now she works for Enfants du Monde and other such adoption agencies from other French speaking countries. She is a real trooper. She also swims 400 laps a day! I'm so grateful to her. I'm off to get a decent night's sleep. Farewell blog readers and remember; "If there is an emergency, eat first, deal with it after." BTW, what they said about Peking Duck is true.