Good morning everyone! We are in Beijing! Wow! It's been a great journey so far! We left Chicago Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. Max was a real trooper and slept for most of the flight to San Francisco. From San Francisco we boarded a 747 to Beijing. Max was awesome, there is no other word to describe how well be behaved on the 12 hour trip. He met a nice little boy, Alex, who sat in the row ahead of us. Alex is 5 years old. Max was pretty excited because he has a cousin named Alex. Alex and Max shared toys and coloring books and generally acted like 4 and 5 year old boys. Pretty silly!
We arrived in Beijing at 4:00 in the afternoon. The Beijing airport is absolutely beautiful and very efficient. It was so quiet and serene, you certainly didn't feel like you were in the largest airport in Asia.
Our guide and driver picked us up and brought us to our hotel. Beijing is beautiful and huge and our hotel is lovely. We didn't sleep too much, unfortunately. Max was up at midnight (noon our time) and was ready to go. Marc and I were able to doze a little bit while Max watched a movie and played with his star wars guys--Glad we brought them!
We are hoping to head down to breakfast in an hour our so, then our guide, Jeannie, will be taking us to the Great Wall. Max is pretty excited, we're just hoping he can stay awake long enough to see it! I think when he goes down today it will be fast and hard!
Tomorrow we leave for Nanchang and Monday we get to meet our little girl. We are all pretty excited.
2 comments:
Hello Auntie Pam, Marc, and Max! We just read your blog and are happy that you made it safely there! That is great that Max made a friend on the plane! I'm sure that made it easier for all of you! That is so cool you are going to the Great Wall! I have always wanted to see that! Hope you get some good pictures! We love you and hope you can get some good rest tonight : )! email me if you'd like. I will be back either over the wknd or tuesday! We love you very much and be safe!
Hello Auntie Pam, Marc, and Max!!! Grandma and I just read ur blog! We are glad u all had a good trip and that Max had fun on the plane with Alex! That is so exciting that you went to the Great Wall! I would love to see that sometime! I hope you got some good pictures! We love you and hope you get some good sleep tonight! If you want you can email me at karrinransbottom@yahoo.com. I will probably be back here over the weekend or tuesday. We love you very much and be safe!
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