This was a miserable and a little nerve racking experience.  Apparently it's required for anyone above 18 years old who is applying for residency to have a physical within 24 hours of arriving in the country.  We didn't think anything about it until we walked inside this building that was dark with sick people sitting everywhere.  This hospital wasn't open until 2:00 but we got there at 1:00.  It was so hot and nothing for the kids to do.  The kids were exhausted and ornery. Apparently here in China everything shuts down between 12:00 and 2:00 for a ciesta (I don't know how to say nap in Chinese yet:)  The physical was a complete violation finished off with a blood draw that made us both nervous.  We weren't even sure these were new needles.

The ladies that accompanied us from the hospital to the school bought us some dumplings because we hadn't eaten for a long time.  The kids loved them.

We had to have two seperate minivans pick us up from the airport because we had so much stuff and so many people.