Saturday, May 9, 2009

Ni Hao from Beijing!

We finally made it safely to Beijing at 3:00pm Saturday (China time) after a very long day of travel. The flight from Chicago to Beijing was difficult and very uncomfortable but we did the best and survived. The Beijing Airport is brand new, very large and very nice. Our flight attendant told us it is the largest in the world, took four years to build and cost 8 billion US dollars. We had to have our body temperature scanned and fill out a Health Declaration Form due to the swine flu upon arrival. They made it very simple and fast.

I have not been to sleep yet, I found it too difficult to sleep on the flight. The sun was shining the whole time so it never felt like nighttime and I was just not comfortable enough. John managed a few hours of sleep and is currently zonked out on our bed while we are waiting to meet our travel companions for dinner. I will have no trouble sleeping tonight!

There is not much else to say but here are a few pictures from our day.