Ni Hao!!

So we are in Beijing the flight was wonderful had my doubts when I saw
131 band members from Harrisburg PA in bright yellow shirts...I was
afraid of sing-a-logs and band camp jokes but they were fine..I had a
one year old with her BaBa next to me and she too was great...I watched
4 movies The Other Bolyn Girl, the Motorcycle Diaries, 27 Dresses and Y
Tu Mama Tambien plus read an entire novel Balzac and The Little Chinese
Seamstress - this was almost like traveling as a singleton or kidless -
we arrived to an airport so clean you would not imagine..our guide for
the entire trip Grace met us at the airport and had a car drive us to
our hotel...The Poly Plaza www.polyhotel.com It is very nice. Grace
called the orphanage and found out Claudia is there and is doing well.
We are totally beat having been up over 24 hours and after Grace
departed we only went to the gym and a for a walk around town. In rush
hour in Beijing we saw one other Caucasian person and an African
American..other than that all Asian..We were told the weather was great
but it is very gray. I can't imagine not seeing the sunshine. I tried
to post this directly on blogger but I am in China and it apparently
has been prohibited. I am trying to post this via e-mail so I hope it
works.