Tuesday/Wednesday

Tuesday: We didn't manage to take any pictures on Tuesday partially because there wasn't much to photo but also because we were lazy. We went to apply for Olivia's visa (AIT) at 8:00 in the morning and we were hoping that it would go without incident but we weren't so lucky. Apparently there was a medical test (AIDS)that hadn't been done and recorded and AIT had requested a new test to be done. We brought them the results of the test to the appointment but they wanted a new form signed by the same doctor that had written the first report. The difficulty comes in that the doctor that wrote the first report is at Kaosiung hospital all the way at the bottom of the island. We had to locate him and ask him to write a new report, send it back to Taipei and all done in time for us to leave on our plane Friday morning. They assured us that this could be done but ugh! After several hours at AIT we left and spent the rest of the day swimming and shopping. We found several Dora movies in Chinese and that has been a relief for boring hotel afternoons.

Wednesday: We spent the morning shopping at my favorite Mitsokushi department store and buying my favorite thing there-kids shoes!!!! I took a picture for you to document the event. :) We walked around outside the store for a bit and Brent took some good photos of the scenery. We came back to the hotel, had some peanut butter and jelly in the room, took a nap and went swimming. I realize this is not very exciting but it's all I got. We received a call later from the lady at the orphanage stating that the medical documents arrived to AIT and all is well for us to pick up Olivia's visa tomorrow at 11:30am. Hooray! Thursday is our last full day here and then we fly home Friday morning 7:30am. This means we have to leave our hotel at 4:20am-yuck! We are so excited to get home and see the kids. It's been pure torture being away from them for so long.