Finally Here

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We finally arrived after three days of traveling. We almost thought we wouldn't make it because of the hurricane on the east coast so we left for San Francisco a day early. The plane ride was long and I had the displeasure of sitting behind a women who decided to sing opera throughout the flight. Who does that? Once we arrived we found out that we would be stuck with her for the next 14 days because she was part of our tour. Luckily everyone else seems very nice. They are a bit older than the people that I'd normally choose as travelling companions but there are a few that I think will be fun to hang out with. Today we saw Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. They were setting up for National Day (October 1) while we were there so there were extra flowers and people everywhere. It's amazing how clean and organized everything is. We also took a boat ride on Kunming Lake had a huge dinner of peking duck and went to the opera at night. It was a busy but enjoyable day.

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