Red Couch

It is a tradition with families adopting from China to have all of the children sit on the Red Couch at the White Swan Hotel. The tradition began because adoptive families always stayed at the White Swan. This was due to the location of the US Consulate being next door. However the US Consulate has moved downtown, but the tradition of staying at the White Swan continues.

There were fourteen families in our group so there was a lot of crying and laughing trying to get fourteen babies and toddlers to look in the same direction. A group photo of all of the families was also taken in front of the waterfall inside the hotel.