Well, I am acclimating to Beijing - although I have never been stared at so much in my whole life! People are very friendly but not much English is spoken. I was so excited today when I heard Spanish in a store. I had a lovely conversation with a family from Mexico. Yesterday, I spent the day shopping (ouch!) but got some wonderful silk. There are pictures of President Clinton (and Madeline Albright) in many of the nicer stores - apparently he is well loved here. My suitcase apparently came to Beijing via London (go figure!) and it just caught up with me today. All I've had are my flip flops. I went and hiked up the Great Wall of China and it was amazing! So beautiful. I couldn't help but think about all the people
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