jane said...
Hi All. We arrived in Beijing and everyone agreed the flight was quite painless. Our guide Chandler met us at the airport and took us to our hotel. The next morning we were taken on a rickshaw tour of the local neighborhood and got to visit a middle school, (Ages 9-11). The children were doing their exercises aimed at reducing eyestrain and promoting alertness. The were doing acupressure to their own faces and scalp to piped in music and a voice repeating 1-10 in mandarin. A few of the children stood and introduced themselves in English and told us what their favorite color, food, sport and season was. Our children did the same and then we were treated to a brand new olympic song and we treated them to halloween pencils and a rousing rendition of "When You're Happy and you Know it Clap Your hands." We then went to the Drum Tower and the Forbidden City. Yesterday we toured the Great Wall and in the evening met with the vice director of CCAA. She was very warm and answered all our questions with candor. I believe all of us are now officially decompressed and on China time. This morning we leave on a plane to Yiwu. Jane Steinmetz
October 15, 2008 5:07 PM
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