Arrived

After 24 hours of planes and airports Carmen and I arrived in Beijing Saturday at 1:30 pm. Getting off the plane felt great. We had to take a train to get our luggage, something new for us and after that walked out to a thousand Chinese people, mostly holding signs, none of which said Carmen and Jenn. Panic set in a little bit, but a few moments later our driver found us. He didn't speak any English, but we had a Mandarin book from our friend Sarah so we made small talk. Luckily, I am a wizard at charades  The humidity here is wild and it was only a matter of seconds being outside that we started to sweat.

We haven't done much of anything so far. After arriving at our hotel, we crashed for 14 hours in hopes of getting on a new schedule. Today is a free day for us. We will be meeting with our tour group tonight and off to the Great Wall of China tomorrow morning. That is the kickstart of our 21 day tour of China.

Attached is a pic of Carmen and I at lunch drinking our first of many beer in China. 

Bye for now!