Friday, February 27, 2009
Day 4
Hey! We woke up at 4 in the morning :( and our beds felt like bricks. They were so hard! Today, we are going to the Great Wall, The Forbidden City, The Bird's Nest (the place where the 2008 Olympics were), and the Tiananmen Square. Very busy. In just two days we will get C. Our guides, Michelle and Grace, are really nice. Michelle is coming with us and the three other families to Anhui tomorrow. We miss all of you.
Day 2-3 ... We made it!!
We arrived in China at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon on China time, which was about 3am in South Carolina! The flight from Chicago was almost 14 hours, that was very long. After we made it through customs, we took a bus to our hotel with our guide named Michelle.
One thing that was so cool was that the sun never went down during the whole trip over. After we took off from Chicago, we flew north over Canada, over the Arctic Ocean, past the North Pole, through Russia and Siberia and then finally in to Beijing, China. We saw big cracks in the ice as we flew over the Arctic Ocean. We also saw snowflakes stuck on the airplane windows. When we were getting close to the Beijing airport, we could see the Great Wall on top of some mountains.
Beijing is really modernized, alot like New York City. J has already had a McDonald's hamburger!
We are sleepy....good night! Oh and don't forget to check out my mom's blog at http://little-china.blogspot.com/ to get more details of this trip.
One thing that was so cool was that the sun never went down during the whole trip over. After we took off from Chicago, we flew north over Canada, over the Arctic Ocean, past the North Pole, through Russia and Siberia and then finally in to Beijing, China. We saw big cracks in the ice as we flew over the Arctic Ocean. We also saw snowflakes stuck on the airplane windows. When we were getting close to the Beijing airport, we could see the Great Wall on top of some mountains.
Beijing is really modernized, alot like New York City. J has already had a McDonald's hamburger!
We are sleepy....good night! Oh and don't forget to check out my mom's blog at http://little-china.blogspot.com/ to get more details of this trip.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Day 1
It all starts today. Even though we haven't gotten on a plane yet. We are staying in Savannah cause we have an early flight tomorrow morning. We got to swim in the indoor pool already!
Ok, we will take a total of 7 flights across 2 continents for over 15,000 miles! It is really exciting and kind of cool. The best part so far is being out of school for 2 weeks!
Ok, we will take a total of 7 flights across 2 continents for over 15,000 miles! It is really exciting and kind of cool. The best part so far is being out of school for 2 weeks!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Welcome to our Amazing Adventure to China
We are J and G! We are cousins and best friends (most of the time). J is 13 and G is 12!
We are taking the trip of a lifetime to China to meet J's new little sister and G's new little cousin. We hope you enjoy reading our blog throughout this great experience.
We are taking the trip of a lifetime to China to meet J's new little sister and G's new little cousin. We hope you enjoy reading our blog throughout this great experience.
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