Life and Times of the Arkansas Stucky Seven

Monday, October 12, 2009

Thoughts so far...

We were wide awake at 6am this morning after the longest night of our lives! We kept waking up thinking we had been asleep for a really long time and then figured out only a few hours had past. We literally woke up around 1:30am but thought it was like the next night already and we had missed our appt. to meet Emma Hope!! Massive jetlag/timezone confusion!!! And this is WITH a sleep aide!
Anyway, by 7am we were out walking around trying to figure out breakfast. Before we came, we had the intention of eating authentic and local foods. Easier said than done! We were never so happy for an Egg McMuffin!!! And then we walked and walked finding Starbucks, Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Chrysler, Dodge, etc. We also found the Hotel Seokyo where we had heard others have stayed. It is BEAUTIFUL! The difference between there and the Holt Guesthouse is like the Embassy Suites to a Motel Six! But the price is right here at the guesthouse so we are thankful!
We are surprised by some things:
Very few people know English, so even though people seem to want to be helpful, it is hard.
There are a lot of smokers
The smell of sewage is quite pronounced as you walk by the street grates. It is not hard to understand that with this many millions of people all crammed together in such a small place, it might smell!
As short as Lynda is, I don't feel short here!!! : )

Well, there is a break in the unexpected rain and we need to walk about 5 blocks to the Holt Offices for our First Meeting, so we are going to head out! Can't wait to post pics of our precious new munchkin!!
Love to all!

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