In China...

Hi all,

I am here in China. It is 11:40am your time and midnight here. Very long flights, but everything went well. My guide, Jophy, picked me up at the airport. She is great. She is going to get me tomorrow at 3:30pm to do the paperwork and then we will go get Maddie, who is coming up by train, 6 hour train ride. :(

The hotel is very nice and it is located on a small island. There are college kids all over the streets with Santa hats on with flashing lights celebrating Christmas. As soon as I got into the hotel lobby some ran up to me and said "Merry Christmas". They like to practice their English here. It was funny. When I got to the room, which is very nice, and very modern, but small, which they all are here, the porter was putting the bedding in the pretty and very cute, small, light colored wood crib.

It is very warm here, too. I will practice with the camera to get some video of Madison tomorrow and post it on the blog. Thanks everyone for all of your encouragement and help. Have a good day today and Merry Christmas! Earl, the computer is running slow, any suggestions?
p.s. How is Peanut?