Thursday, December 4, 2008

Arrival (Finally!)

First, let me say that we have very little time to do anything other than the activities that are planned for us. I had no time to get on the Internet in Beijing so these entries will be a little late.

Upon arrival in Beijing, we were met at the airport and taken to the hotel. Our luggage was brought to us shortly and we then had our opening dinner. We met the other people in our delegation but the dinner was informal and we did not do anything important or formal, it was just a “get to know you” dinner. The food was good and was a mixture of Chinese and Western food. Then we all went off to our rooms for a well deserved rest. I had no roommate and was very excited about this but alas, it was not to be. About 10:30 I was awakened by the bell boy trying to open the door with his key. It would not open so I looked out the peep hole and opened the door. It was my roomie! Her name is Cheryl and she is an instructor at a University in California. We visited a little and then we were both so exhausted that we just passed out!

So far, everything has been great and I am looking forward to a big day on Tuesday!

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