Arrived in China

Well that was a long flight... 6,570 miles to be exact. Left Chicago at 4:35 p.m. on Friday, March 13th and landed in Beijing at 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, March 14th.  China is 13 hours ahead of our central time. The interesting fact about the flight is we left Chicago at 4:35 p.m. headed west, across Canada, around the North pole, crossed the Pacific Ocean, crossed the international date line, and flew over Siberia - landed in Beijing at 7:20 p.m. the next day and it was light outside the entire trip! It never got dark. Temperature in Beijing when we landed was in the 50's. 

We are staying at the Beijing Yuehong International Hotel for the first three nights of our visit. Just to put things in perspective, Beijing is a city of over 20 million people and the population of Wisconsin is about 4.5 million!