Friday, June 22, 2007

I am in Shanghai

Well, I did make it to Shanghai today on schedule. The fourteen hour flight was long and uneventful. The five movies that were shown helped to pass the time a bit, but it was still a very long fourteen hours. One interesting thing was just how far north we went on our route. We actually went straight north from Chicago and flew over the north pole before heading down over Russia and Mongolia. The picture below shows our flight path midway through the flight.
The picture below is of the north pole, or at least as best of a shot as I could get of it. I didn't see Santa around anywhere, but perhaps he is in Florida on vacation.
Finally, after clearing customs we took a wild taxi ride to Shanghai and then several of us went out exploring (and looking for dinner). I had a basic soup because after that plane ride, that was about all I wanted for dinner. We did get to walk along the Bund, which is the area along the Huangpu River. Enjoy a picture from my view this evening.
Note: The blogger website is coming up in Chinese, so I am having a difficult time posting. Please bear with me as I try to figure it out.

6 comments:

Linda Lemon said...

Any Olsen Twins movies on the flight? My dream job would be picking the movies. I'd love to have that much control over people's misery or enjoyment.

Anonymous said...

Your mom and I went to the Gaither Tent Sale, but we didn't buy anything there. They had lots of "Made in China" stuff. We did buy a Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul book for Margaret Gosnell inside the store. We did get some rain last night. Grandpa is going to ProCare at 4 p.m. Glad the trip is going well.

Anonymous said...

There is a lot of big buildings

JacobC said...

Have you seen any koi in the river? My little sister likes your classroom.

Anonymous said...

Glad you made it safely. What movies did you get to watch? Anything good?

It sounds like you are already having fun. Have you had much jetlag? How much of a time difference is there?

Anonymous said...

MB, glad to hear you made it safely. I am looking forward to reading about your travels. Can't wait to hear what it's like over there. Peace be with you on this journey...