Lisa and I had a very eventful day. We started off with an early run along the Han river. There's a nice path where many people bike, run, skate, and walk for their morning exercise. We knew a big day was coming up, and we needed some endorphins to get us through it.

At 9:00 we met at the Holt office for a Seoul City Tour. We had imagined a big tour bus with lots of cheezy megaphones and souvenier stops. Instead, we were the only ones on the tour, and it was led by a couple of (very nice) college kids. They started out by asking us what we wanted to see on the tour. We told them we hadn't seen the Seoul Tower yet, so off we went in that direction. We took a cable car up to the top of a hill in the center of the city named Namsan, and from there climbed to the base of the tower. There were incredible views of the city from the top of the hill. I'd heard how big Seoul was (about 11 million), but seeing high-rises stretch for as far as you can see through the haze is kind of surreal. Pete and Jin turned out to be great guides, and answered a lot of our questions about Korean life.

After the tour we had lunch (we joked that it was our Last Supper), and then prepared for our 3:00 meeting at Holt. There we met the foster mother and Yunji again. Lisa took Yunji for a walk, which induced a new round of tears and blood-curdling screams. We were given Yunji's mecical records and Korean passport, and instructed on how to get through immigration with her. Then there was time for one quick photo with her foster mother, and we were off.

The walk back to our guest house was suprisingly quiet. Lisa was again carrying her on her back, and we found out that this is her happiest position. We also found out just how attached she really is to her foster mother right now -- since this afternoon, she has spent almost all of her time either sleeping or crying. Lisa said that Korean mothers rarely let their babies out of their sight. It is understandable that Yunji is so attached to one person. We need to earn her trust, and it will take time, but we are seeing some progress already.

We now have about three days here with her before our flight home. We plan to take it easy and just spend time concentrating on her needs. Hopefully by the time we leave she will be comfortable enough with us to sleep some during the flight.

We love our beautiful new daughter Yunji.

PS: She has stopped crying (for now).