We made it to China!

Hi everyone! Well, it has been an adventurous couple of days. The flight was, well, a three hour flight followed by a three hour layover followed by an eleven hour flight. You can imagine!! We arrive in Beijing and everything is under construction. We went out with the group for supper to a local Chinese restaurant. There were 27 of us and we sat at huge tables and just all shared a whack of food. There were definitely some dishs I hadn't tried yet!! There are a bunch of kids in the group and they are real troopers. Of course they are getting up at 2 in the morning to start the day but they have been cheerful. Tomorrow we leave for Chongqing!! We still can't believe that it is happening!! After all of this time, we are finally going to get Halle. Holy cow!! I should probably go get some rest 'cause we have to be on the bus to the airport at 5.