We're In China!

We made it safely here last night about 2:30 am (Florida time)after starting out on our trek 7am on Thursday. We were beat to say the least. Overall the flights were smooth. My Jiffy-On-The-Go peanut butter became a casualty of a security checkpoint first thing (guess I should have read the what not to carry on lists a little more carefully). Otherwise, our luggage made it intact. We felt pretty fortunate that our seats from Chicago to Beijing were pre-assigned to Economy Plus. They must have overbooked the plane and we lucked out with the 5 extra inches of leg room for free. Sweet. The first 9 hours went by relatively fast for me. The last 3 were exhausting. Mom, Dad, and Bobby all ate their side salads on the plane---and well...so glad I didn't.

The rooms here at the Radisson are nice. By the way, for those travelling soon, we are definitely glad that we brought converters. There's a CarreFour (like a Walmart on steroids)in walking distance where we bought water last night for the room. That was an experience. There really are no such things as lines in China. We stood in "line" and pushed our way to the front like the locals. The cashier freaked at th size bill we gave ($100 Yuan bill which is equivalent to $13 US) and made faces that she had to go get change. LOL. We could have used our credit cards there.

Okay. We're off to do some touring and I'll post the pictures for that later.

Take care! And thanks for dropping by our blog!