We're in Beijing!

Well, it took a long time but we are now in China! We left our house at 4:30 a.m. on Wed., 7/12 to catch the limo bus to Logan Airport in Boston, MA. Then we flew 2.5 hours to Chicago, changed planes, and flew from Chicago to Beijing which took 12.5 hours. What a long plane ride. Thankfully though, everything went without a hitch. We did find out on the flight to Beijing that there were three forms we had to fill out in order to go through customs, to get entry to the country through immigration, and another form to get into the baggage claim area to pick up our two large suitcases. No problem. It took a little figuring to fill out the forms, and one form wasn't available until we got into the Beijing airpot. But, we figured it all out. Our guide, Rose is great. She met us at the airport, drove us to the hotel, passed on several tips about our stay, and showed us around a little bit. It is now 8 p.m. Beijing time (8 a.m. EST), we've had supper, and we're settling into our hotel room for the night. Friday we go to see the Great Wall, Saturday it's off to The Forbidden City and Tianamen Square, and Sunday evening we get Jade! We've taken a few pictures, and will do our best to load them up to the blog shortly.