In other news, WE MADE IT!!
We flew from Denver, Co to Newark, NJ (for a 7 hour layover). Once we were all good and tired, we boarded the plane for our 14-hour flight to Beijing! Let me just say, you can watch a lot of movies in 14 hours. Also, you learn to eat on command. For example, a flight attendant comes by and asks if you want food, you auto-reply yes, start eating, and then contemplate as to whether or not you are hungry….in that order.
After arriving in Beijing, we hauled our weight in luggage out of the airport to the hotel. And let me tell you, there is a lot of luggage for 50 people to move to China. After finding our room and getting settled in, we headed down to dinner at the hotel restaurant. 50 of us then uncaringly stuffed our faces with food, which we weren’t sure we recognized, while trying not to fall asleep and jab ourselves in the eye with a chopstick. And ummmm my chopstick skills after 48 hours of no sleep are, well, they are messy.
With the travel adventures behind me, I now look forward to so many amazing discoveries in this extraordinary country!
Bus to the airport...a little crammed.
Great friends seeing us off in Colorado!
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