Ni Hao from China

Hi everyone, we made it! After a 28 hour travel day we arrived in Beijing. It was a very long day. Our longest flight from Detroit to Tokyo was 13.5 hours. It wasn't terrible though because there was an empty seat in between us so we had a little extra room. We watched 3 horrible movies ate 3 okay meals, took several very short catnaps, played 3 games of gin and checked our watch 3,482 times. The flight from Tokyo was completely full and crowded and we were in the very back row by the bathrooms. I wasn't feeling too well after the airplane food, so let's just say the location ended up being a blessing.

We touched down in Beijing about 9:15 china time and it was an amazing feeling to be in our daughter's country. After clearing immigration and getting both of our checked bags (with much relief that they arrived!) we were met by our guide Peter and another couple from our agency who came in on the same flight. It was very exciting to get to the hotel. Dave and I had lots of adrenaline but around midnight we completely crashed from exhaustion.