Sunday Morning in Beijing

It is hard to describe 13 hours in a plane, unless of course you have spent 13 hours in a plane. We have. The best I can do is to say that after a few hours you look at the map and still seem no closer to your objective. A few hours later it is the same, but slowly we began to make progress. We flew over the Arctic Ocean, Siberia and I believe the Gobi desert. The flight, while long, was very good, and Joy actually managed some good sleep. We cleared customs fairly easily in Beijing, and we were met by our guide.
On Saturday morning, we met the rest of our group. It is a very diverse crowd. People of all age groups from across the country, and everyone is adopting different types of children. One woman is adopting a 13 year old daughter and another couple is adopting a five year old boy. I have been suprised at the number of people adopting boys. We thought we would be unique in that regard. Yesterday was a very busy day. We toured Tienamin Square, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. The architecture is quite impressive, and we enjoyed learing about Walter's birth country. The only down side was the tempature. It hovered near freezing the entire day, and we were outside for all of it. We also had some great food, and we have enjoyed getting to know our fellow travellers.
Today, we will be going to the Great Wall and having a Beijing Duck dinner. I hear our meal is served head on. Should be interesting.
We thank everyone for keeping up with us, and we are less than 30 hours from getting Walt. Hopefully the next blog will be all about him.
Bill and Joy