Monday, January 28, 2013

Day 1 Beijing


Vivian
Jim enjoying noodles
Our Hotel

Some of our group
We arrived safely. What a long flight. It was really crowded. Served us noodles for our  late night snack. Jim is a pro now with the chopsticks. Vivian our guide was waiting for us when we arrived. The smog is brutal, it hit us right off the plane in the airport. Stings your nose and burns your throat. They tell us it is not so bad today you can at least see the moon tonight. Took us an hour to get to the hotel by bus, Beijing is huge, 20 million people, very modern  and beautifully lit up at night. We met Yulin ( our agency director) tonight briefly.  She just said Janice and Jim, finally!  Our second guide Faye took us out for our first meal in China. We ate with the other families and had a lovely but tiring evening. Food was yummy, Jasmine tea even nicer. Everyone in our group is really relaxed and easy going. Couldn't have asked for a nicer group.

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