Welcome to Beijing!

We made it! After a LONG travel day, we arrived in Beijing Friday afternoon (local time). The flight was long, but uneventful and fortunately pretty comfortable. United Airlines does a nice job, and it is good to have experienced flight attendants guiding you along (when they pull the shades and dim the lights, you pretty much know it is time to rest). We met another family traveling straight to Nanchang to pick up their daughter. They were upgraded with us, but left "empty seat" back in coach, which caused huge confusion for the folks at United. We hope they got that cleared up, even if they are Red Sox fans!

Here are some pictures from the journey:

United 851

Karen in her favorite place in the world - an airplane

Flying over the North Pole (or close enough)

Once we arrived, we were met at the airport and taken to the hotel. Our guide Tony then took us for Roast (Peking) Duck at a local restaurant - no english, just great food.