Arrived: Beijing

Arrived, Beijing China,  at approximate 4:30 PM Friday (October 4th)....which was 2:30 AM on Friday in Saskatchewan! (We left on Thursday morning at 6:00 AM. ) Beijing is 14 hrs ahead of us, in SK!  It was a gruelling day of travel with a 6 hr layover in Vancouver!  Travel days are always hard! 

We were met at the airport by the Mennonite Partners in China team and enjoyed a comfortable van ride to our really lovely hotel! Although exhausted, a few of us went down to the hotel restaurant for a supper meal  (4:00 AM at home) and are back in our respective rooms, preparing to crash!  The meal was a disappointing buffet and was incredibly expensive! Lesson learned....We won’t be going there again!

Tomorrow is a ‘free day’. Other members of our group will be arriving. We are close Tiananmen Square so I will be checking that out! I am sure others will want to see it too! It will be interesting to see this huge city, of 20 million, in the light of the day!

Good night! 😴