We made it to Beijing! We are tired and a little jet lagged but not too worse for the wear.
The 12.5 hour flight from Seattle to Beijing was horribly turbulent for the first hour. And me (Michelle), genius that I am, forgot to take my motion sickness pill. Needless to say, after that first bad hour I had on a fresh shirt and had managed to keep down the medicine long enough for it to take effect.
Well . . . I never plan to forget that medicine again.
After our arrival, James' friend Jeff met us at the airport and followed us to our hotel. "The Beijing 100% Perfect Hotel" (no joke, this really is the name of our hotel!) though not perfect, is perfectly adequate. Don't worry, pictures to follow.
Then Jeff offered to take us to get a bite to eat, after all it's 7pm here (though it feels like 3am). One guess as to where we go. That's right. Chinese McDonald's. Ordering was fun, they took one look at us and pulled out the dumb American picture menu. All I can say it thank goodness Jeff was there because they almost gave Andrew diet Coke. THAT would have been a disaster!
Now we're sitting in Jeff and J.J.'s (J.J. is Jeff's wife) living room having wonderful conversation and hearing many fun stories about China. I cannot wait to reach our final destination tomorrow. So there will be more to come, but for now I will sign off. Good night (or more correctly for you, good morning) America!
