Indigo’s nanny was not available on Tuesday, so Granny & Granddad volunteered for duty. This 
meant that one of us had to watch her all the time except for when she had her nap in the afternoon. Today was also the one year anniversary of "Gotcha Day", the day when Indigo was first handed over to M&D in China, consequently
, M&D wanted us to join them in a celebration dinner at the Peking Gourmet Inn Chinese restaurant in Falls Church (George Bush’s favorite Chinese restaurant – they even installed a bullet proof window for him) (Web URL). Of course this is the same evening that we were flying to England so we were a bit nervous about fitting it in. Granddad took Indigo to the beach at the lake in the morning and we made sandcastles and Indigo paddled in the lake – great fun. Alison started to pack. Indigo had her lunch and went down for a nap and we carried on packing. When Indigo woke from her nap, Alison dressed her in her smart outfit for the restaurant and I packed the car and we left to meet M&D at the Peking. It was quite early evening (5:30) so they were not too busy and the waiters were all taken with Indigo, especially when they saw her eating with chopsticks! We had a very 
nice meal including "Peking Duck", for which the restaurant is renowned. In the morning, M&D had taken our car to work and left us their car with the car seat in it for Indigo so when we left the restaurant we took M&D’s car already loaded with our luggage in the back and drove straight to Dulles airport. Even M&D were 
surprised at how easy it was for us to get on the DC beltway and out to Dulles in no time at all. They dropped us off and we were in plenty of time. When M&D got home (after stopping off at other friends on the way), they had parked at their house when they remembered that our car was still parked at the "Peking" and had to go and fetch it! Meanwhile, a little bit late at 10:30 PM, we took off from Dulles to Heathrow.
meant that one of us had to watch her all the time except for when she had her nap in the afternoon. Today was also the one year anniversary of "Gotcha Day", the day when Indigo was first handed over to M&D in China, consequently
, M&D wanted us to join them in a celebration dinner at the Peking Gourmet Inn Chinese restaurant in Falls Church (George Bush’s favorite Chinese restaurant – they even installed a bullet proof window for him) (Web URL). Of course this is the same evening that we were flying to England so we were a bit nervous about fitting it in. Granddad took Indigo to the beach at the lake in the morning and we made sandcastles and Indigo paddled in the lake – great fun. Alison started to pack. Indigo had her lunch and went down for a nap and we carried on packing. When Indigo woke from her nap, Alison dressed her in her smart outfit for the restaurant and I packed the car and we left to meet M&D at the Peking. It was quite early evening (5:30) so they were not too busy and the waiters were all taken with Indigo, especially when they saw her eating with chopsticks! We had a very 
nice meal including "Peking Duck", for which the restaurant is renowned. In the morning, M&D had taken our car to work and left us their car with the car seat in it for Indigo so when we left the restaurant we took M&D’s car already loaded with our luggage in the back and drove straight to Dulles airport. Even M&D were 
surprised at how easy it was for us to get on the DC beltway and out to Dulles in no time at all. They dropped us off and we were in plenty of time. When M&D got home (after stopping off at other friends on the way), they had parked at their house when they remembered that our car was still parked at the "Peking" and had to go and fetch it! Meanwhile, a little bit late at 10:30 PM, we took off from Dulles to Heathrow.Wednesday 07/02 – UK arrival and on to Dover
We arrived at Heathrow six hours later at 9:30 AM with a 5 hour time change and a short sleep. After purchasing a mobile phone at Heathrow, we picked up our rental car and started our journey to Dover. It was raining! We stopped off in Canterbury to find a bank and get some pounds and have lunch and then on to the Ramada Inn at Whitfield just outside Dover where we "crashed" for a couple of hours in the afternoon! In the evening we had a sandwich in the hotel bar and met up with some Dukie old boys who had arrived early for the Thursday dinner. More on "Dukies" in tomorrow’s blog.
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Hoorah - good job catching up. We enjoyed the rest of the posts from the cruise and your bit about celebrating Gotcha Day with us - that was very special for us. Good thing you have a day with us on the way back to MB because that u-pipe is definitely still leaking a bit...
Love, Melanie, David and Indigo
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