Dinner and a Movie

Well, actually it was three dinners and three movies - it's called surviving a 12 hour flight from Minneapolis to Tokyo! Northwest Airlines did a great job serving us and We felt pretty good through it all. We crossed the international dateline on leap year, February 29. Is there a wrinkle in time here? We got to our Beijing Days Inn at midnight Friday, spent some time figuring out how to turn the lights on and crashed into bed! We have an Americanized breakfast buffet at each of our hotels throughout our stay. I don't feel as much like I'm in a foreign country as I thought I would by this time in our trip. We head out into the street next. That should help change things!

Are we there yet?

It's finally time to go! We only have six days until we meet Bennett. We are so excited!
Our mountain of stuff succumbed with a little pressure on the top of the suitcases and we are packed. Our lists were hashed and rehashed. What ARE we going to need, anyways? We got more in than Brad thought we would! Our four suitcases and two bags hold Papa bear's, Mama bear's and Baby bear's stuff.
Our first stop in Beijing has weather similar to here so we will need warm things for those days. Our last week will be at a latitude lower than Florida and I always find it difficult to think "warm" when it's cold.
Two years of waiting is almost up!!

We got our travel dates!

We were delighted by a call telling us our travel dates of February 28 to March 15. We'll be home in time for Easter! Everyone started asking if I was excited. It took awhile to get to that stage! First it was relief that we now knew how to plan. Our tickets came in at really great prices! Less than $900 for us and a little over $900 for Bennett's one way ticket. (go figure that!) The suitcases are out!