Thanks to our dear friend, the International Dateline, our day began quite early today… Like we were all awake by 3:30! The bright side to this is that we all got to talk or text with friends at home. Our hotel offers breakfast with a mixture of Western and local offerings. I was able to have a tea egg, which…
Month: April 2015
Beijing Day 1
We made it safely to Beijing at 8:00 last night! Going through customs I had a little scare when they scanned my passport. I was the last of our family to go through, and a red light flashed on the computer when the officer scanned it. She started scrutinizing my picture and my face, called her superior over, & the…
Let’s Blow This Taco Stand!!
In less than 24 hours, we’ll be boarding a plane for the first leg of our flight to get our Lily Belle! We’ll arrive in Beijing on Friday night and spend Saturday on a whirlwind tour. Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, lunch at a local restaurant, the Great Wall, a “kong fu or acrobat show” (words of our guide), and…