Shanghai

I have arrived in Shanghai, China. I was a little weary, my sinuses ached and my ears were blocked from my cold but the flight itself was good. On the first leg of the flight I did not talk much, believe it or not. Most of the passengers were Japanese, including the people next to me and those two seemed uncomfortable speaking English.

The Tokyo to Shanghai leg was different. The woman next to me was from Shanghai and spoke English. She had just graduated from a university in Japan and was going to start working for Porsche. She spoke Japanese and was learning German, as well as English. She helped both myself and her Japanese office mate get through customs and baggage claim. Some time I am just lucky.

On landing Han Jun met me and we rushed to catch the magnetic train. Unfortunately we just missed the last train by about 10 minutes, bummer. But on our bus ride to the hotel the inbus bus monitor showed a short video of the train over and over, so I could pretended I was on the train. In Shanghai Han Jun got me to my hotel, helped me check in and called Dong Yan. Han Jun had to go on a business trip the, next day, so he left after I got settled. Up until this point my trip was pretty laid back and I didn't have much of a sense of China.

When Dong Yan arrived my trip trip and exposure to the "New" China went into high gear. I have some great photo of the past two days but I haven't downloaded a image editor and I am tired now, so.....I am going to go to sleep and post more more later. This post was just to tell everyone I arrived safely and tweak your interest. I am terrible, aren't I.

See you all later.