View out our window. Many bldgs have grass on the roofs. People in the picture cleaning are fake, although we saw the real window washers dangling from skyscrapers several times.
Well we arrived after a very short flight and were served some form of Chinese food on the plane. Not quite (by this I mean not at all) the spiciness of Korean cuisine. The airport was uneventful, except for two of our brothers that is. The airport has these super sensitive temperature detection machines which you don't even know you are being scanned by. They had enough of a high temp that they were pulled out and taken to a hospital, quarantined and had tests run. Fortunately they were both returned (one is on our bus and the other on another bus). The rest of us made it to the hotel where everything is pretty techno-geekish. In order to turn on the lights you put your key in a slot and the lights come on and you can turn them off individually. Take the key out and none of the electronics work. It took a little bit of time to figure out that we needed to leave the key in to keep the power on.
Very lush and spacious rooms (bathrooms fully stocked). Very cushy beds and a big flat screen tv. We have the afternoon free and will be venturing out after a little rest. The time is an hour behind Seoul time. Many buildings, including the airport and the hotel we are staying at was built for the 2008 Olympics. Very impressive.
7:30 pm Beijing Time...
We keep finding new things in our room including a scale in the bathroom, bathsalts, blinds and curtains on remote, tv in the bathroom as well as a phone, really long bath towels. A fancy coffee maker that requires a bachelor's degree to operate (too bad for us).
Went out to eat and see if I could find a battery for my watch that stopped and for a xd card for my camera to replace the one I lost with all my pictures for this trip :( but didn't have any success at either even when we found a Wal-mart in Beijing, China! This Wal-mart has a tea shop, herbal shop, Chinese food stand, but prices that rival the states. No deals there.
We went to dinner at a noodle restaurant where the food brought sweat to Carl's face, a yummy smile to Tanya's, and amore for the pot stickers on Jacob's and frustration to mine as I attempted to master the art of eating with chopsticks. Grrrr. I'm hungry!
Walking about you would think you were in New York. The stores are teaming with goods and sport some high price tags. Hopefully we will get directed to the areas where the prices are what we have heard tell of (silk ties at $1-2, suits for $30). Well TTFN! lj
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