1 down, 2 to go

Here we are in the Seattle airport waiting to board our flight to Tokyo. This is a 10 hour flight which we aren’t optimistic about… we expect the seats to be cramped and the food to be poor. The consultant’s motto… under promise, over deliver. I figure if our expectations are low we won’t be disappointed.

We had a great send off evening last night with a family dinner and pictures. Here is a picture of the travel group ready to go. At this point, of course, I hadn’t packed (nor had Megan) and Amanda and I stayed up later than desired to take care of last minute items. Debbie picked us up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 4:30am, and we were off.

We also got a call from the Daniels last night. They are friends that used to live in Anchorage but several years ago moved to Beijing for a job. We found out our hotel is very close to the Forbidden City – score! We’re having dinner at their place Friday night and Saturday they are picking us up to give us a personal escort to the Great Wall. And the only thing they asked for in return was some Kaladi coffee… not a bad deal, huh? It was a great phone call to receive the night before you leave for China! Our anticipation of our Beijing excursion went off the charts.
Hopefully I’ll be able to post this shortly after arriving in Beijing. Until next time…