Hello Again! We arrived safely to Beijing yesterday afternoon around 2:00 p.m. I was exhausted and hungry, but am feeling much better right now. As we drove from the aiport to the hotel our tour guide gave us a brief introduction to the capital city of China: 14 million people, 9 million bicylces (that ride on fairly major roads without helmets), 134 McDonald's (and I think 111 Starbucks), and 6 "ring roads" or beltways. Everyone in the city is excited about the Olympics and there is construction everywhere. Once we arrived to the hotel, in our severly sleep deprived state, everything was fairly amusing. It seems as though it is fairly common to leave your hotel door open when you are in the room (there are magnets that hold the door open). In the first room
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