Day 1:
Amazing how life just falls away so easily - it seems to melt away with every passing mile, everyday life is farther & farther away.
On to the incredible adventure of China!
Toronto to Beijing ~ story of my life, we have been delayed an hour but it's ok ~ I'm on vacation and going to CHINA!!
How many movies can you watch in one flight??
1. Gulliver's Travels
2. The King's Speech
3. The Tourist
4. Stage Door
5. Knight & Day
6. The American
... and that's not counting the documentaries I watched. 13 hour flights are not fun! But Air Canada feeds the masses every 2 hours!! And with the free movies, you can't complain about being bored!!
Day 2:
Somewhere we crossed the International Date Line & travelled into tomorrow. We flew over the Artic Sea! I've always wanted to travel into the Artic Circle, this is one way to do it!
I got to see Russia from the air, wow was that barren! Nothing but brown for miles and miles.
Something else I got to see was the Great Wall of China - from the air! YAY!
I haven't been this tired in forever. Was able to make it through dinner with our tour guide, Eddie, and a couple who will be part of our group, Jennifer and Bob. It was delish, real Chinese food, in China! Eddie took us to a small, dark, dirty restaurant. He was considerate enough to get us a table in a back room where we could close the door. Smoking has been banned in restaurants here for years but no one pays attention to that law.
I was able to figure out how to turn on the TV. It was a little bit of a challenge... there is a master switch box and you have to make sure the master button is on, the the desk lamp button is on, then you can turn on the tv button... after those buttons are turned on you use the remote to turn the tv on! Wow... I'm too tired to figure this out! Anyway, the first thing to show on the tv was a Ping-Pong match!! Imagine that!!
So tired and ready for sleep... dreaming sweet Asian dreams!!
*I promise Day 3 will be much more interesting!!
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