Upon our arrival to Beijing, we
departed the plane and headed through immigration. What looked to be
a long wait turned out to move along quickly once they opened up
all the lines to foreigners. From there, we moved on to get our
luggage, which again went pretty quickly. Lastly, we ran all our
luggage through customs. All in all, the process went smoothly!
After exiting, we found our airport
guide, Jonathan who led us out of the airport and to the small bus
awaiting us. Jonathan was great! He explained what the coming day
would look like, apologized for George, our main Beijing guide not
being able to greet us, and made us laugh. He told us of many
Beijing customs vs America. Taught us how to say thank you and no
thanks, very creatively I might add. We will not forget how to say
no thanks, that is for sure. My oldest son was nearly in tears from
laughing so hard.
After spending some time in stop and go
traffic, we made it to our hotel - Sunworld Dynasty Hotel. The
hotel is nice and right in the heart of Beijing. We settled in and
headed out to grab dinner at KFC. I know, we arrive in China and go
for American food. Well, it's not exactly the same, their menu
includes some different items but we managed to get something to
content us. I had a New Orleans style marinated chicken breast with
rice, cucumber slices, and some sort of vegetable bits that I was not
able to determine. The kids settled with fried chicken and fries.
Pictures from our drive to the hotel.
We were able to Skype with our family
back home who were getting ready for school! Needless to say, we
were all in bed pretty early.
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