Okay, first post from China. It is now 2:30 p.m. (or 2:30 a.m. in Ontario) and we just arrived at our hotel. It's very nice. Our room is being cleaned right now, so we thought we'd visit the business centre and see if we could update the blog. So far so good. We're going to try to stay up for about 5 or 6 hours yet to get us onto the right schedule.
Air Canada apparently decided that a 13.5 hour flight was just not long enough, so they loaded us onto the plane this morning and then we sat for an hour before taking off. The flight was an hour delayed and we didn't make up any time on the way here, so we got in about an hour after we were scheduled. After we cleared through all the various checkpoints, our guide Ma Rui (Mary) was waiting for us. She is great! Her English is very good, and she has a really easy manner about her. She has already arranged an extra tour for us -- tomorrow we are going to see a Chinese acrobatic show. Should be good. I've heard from other people that it is pretty entertaining.
The flight here was LONG, and I was sitting next to an annoying guy. More details on that later, maybe. We watched three movies on the way (none were great), DoT read about 100 pages of a book, and I did about 50 sudokus. And we ate three plus (gross) meals. (DoT didn't mind them.) The best one was the noodles -- which were really just like a large cup of Mr. Noodles. It hearkened me back to my university days.
Well, that's it for now. And I know all of you are unhappy because there are no pictures. We'll try to post some tomorrow or the next day. But for now we just want to get to our hotel room.
Ni hao!
A blog to keep friends and family updated on our journey to China, and life as a family of five!
1 comment:
E's dad & K, ni hao!
Say hi to MaRui (Mary) from me & T, she was our guide too! (If she doesn't remember us by name - the single with parents who adopted the almost-5-yr-old in March 05...) She's great.
We saw the acrobatic show too, it was wonderful. Post-kids, so T came and loved it. It's well worth it.
I see you're doing the Great Wall on a Sunday. So did we. I don't know why they always schedule it for Sunday, the crowds are horrific (probably worse in July than in March...). I'd be tempted to suggest going there on your own in advance and skipping the tour, but you probably won't have time and you can't go to China without seeing the Wall, so I guess you're stuck.
All the best and we look forward to seeing the four of you in July!!
Q (T's mom)
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