Thursday, April 16, 2009

Day 1-2 Portland to Suzhou 4/15-16





Beginning our journey at PDX 4:00am April 15, 2009










We've arrived!! After having lost and found a passport and being caught by the fashion police in Vancouver, BC we settled into our seats aboard Air Canada Flight AC25 for the short hop to Shanghai. More than 12 hours and countless movies later we landed in Shanghai sailing through customs. All bags and students were accounted for as we boarded the bus to Suzhou.



We just returned from dinner at a restaurant adjacent to the Scholar's Inn our home for the next three days. The meal consisted of a variety of dishes including, shredded potatoes, eggplant (which Mitchell tasted and lived to tell about), lamb and beef skewers, many vegetables, and yes, white rice.

That's about all I can do tonight as it is now 9:42pm Thursday evening 4/16/09 which is 6:42 am PDT the same day. I've been up pretty much since Tuesday morning at 6:30 with naps in my own bed, on planes and on the bus.
Good night from Suzhou.







1 comment:

Sue said...

Wow! Blogging the first day! Glad the flight went well even if you played hide and seek with a passport. I'm already drooling over your first meal. Can't wait to hear more.