Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Beijing

After almost 30 hours of traveling, those words were like music to my ears.  I think I am now officially a Airplane movie aficionado.  Lets see: Run Fat Boy, Run (pretty funny), Drillbit Taylor (surprisingly funny), Young at Heart (sad but hilarious), 21 (terrible, but they try to sell BU as MIT so that was fun to see), plus a few short movies about the Olympics.  I got in around 10:00 and jumped in a cab and asked them to take me to the nearest hotel as my flight leaves tomorrow morning at 10 for Dalian.  Leave it to me to not make any plans for my first night in the city but it has worked out well.  Didn't get to see anything out of the cab window other than people riding their bikes on the highway and workers sleeping on the side of the road at their construction sites.  Not much else.  I was lucky enough to have two seats to myself for the long flight, so that made it bearable, and I tried the long socks that are supposed to reduce swelling, and they seemed to work.  I'll be sure to take some pictures when I get to the camp.  That's all for now.  If anyone has any questions about anything, don't hesitate to ask.  Also, pass along to whoever might be interested.