The White Swan Hotel

We mentioned our hotel the other day. We thought we'd give you a glimpse of the lobby, to show you how beautiful things are here. The White Swan Hotel was built in the early 1980's and was the first 5 star hotel in China. It has subsequently become the hub for international adoptions. The area we are in here in Guangzhou is where the British government established a stronghold many decades ago. As a result, most of the embassies are located here on Shamian Island. The US Consulate is right down the street.
As a result, every family adopting a Chinese child ends up here for the final week of their trip to finalize the child's US visa, etc. We were lucky in that our daughter was born locally. As a result we are able to spend almost 2 weeks at this one location, as opposed to splitting our time between a rural province and The White Swan. The service here is impeccable. They even have a young lady stationed on each of the 28 floors to attend to our every need. When we leave the room to go out, the elevator has already been called by the time we get their... In all seriousness, the service here in China is as probably better than we've experienced anywhere in the world! And with so many children coming through here, the hotel is absolutely geared toward families with young children. Mia loves the big buffet breakfasts almost as much as Daddy does...