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Thursday, January 26, 2006
Originally posted on Sunday, August 31, 2003 6:33 AM CDT
Originally posted on Sunday, August 31, 2003 6:33 AM CDT
Greetings from Beijing, China.
We arrived here at the hotel around 3:45 pm local time after a rather uneventful 12 and a half hour flight. We left Fort Wayne and 6:00 am and arrived in Chicago about 6:45. We had no problem finding the other two couples we are traveling with, the Murrays and the Hagans. They are both really nice couples and we think we are going to have a really good time with our small travel group.
Our guide, Tom, met us at the airport, helped us get our bags onto a bus and brought us to our hotel where he helped us get checked in. He then met all of us in the lobby at 6:00 pm this evening and took us to dinner at a local restaurant. Tom ordered a variety of dishes for us, which were served on a lazy suzanne in the center of the table so we could all try each dish. The food was excellent!
So far the weather here in Beijing has been very nice. When we arrived the temperature was 84 degrees with 5 mph winds. It was a little humid, but not too bad. Seems very much like the weather we just left behind in Indiana. This evening while walking back to the hotel from dinner it has cooled down a little with a really nice breeze. We may take a short walk a little later.
Tomorrow Tom is meeting us at 9:00 am to take us sightseeing for the day. We will first go to the Great Wall and then to the Pearl Market next to the Summer Palace and then we tour the Summer Palace.
Just in case we don't get to post again for a couple days, on Tuesday morning we will get to tour the Forbidden City. Then in the afternoon we will be flying to Nanning to meet Emilie!! :)
Hope you are all doing well.
God Bless,
Steve and Lisa
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