Getting Ready to Leave -- On vacation anyway

Friday


Ever since i got the tattoo my right arm has been a bit sore. I have been using my left hand a lot more lately. i could barely pick up chopsticks with my left hand on Thurday but so far I am getting pretty good.


Today was packing day. Packed up my suitcase and since it has been snowing pretty hard lately we decided to go to Yantai tonight so we wouldnt get snowed in at the academy and miss the flight.


So around 6pm Danny, Sam, Olivia, and I headed to Yantai. Had a nice dinner to celebrate Christmas and then went back to the Hotel because we were all tired and needed rest for Beijing.


Saturday
Went to breakfast and had DIMSUM for the first time since i been in CHINA! I L.O.V.E Dimsum and i could never find a place that had it until now. Danny said it is not popular here because Dimsum is a southern china style of food and we are in the northern part of china.


After breakfast we went to do some shopping and played some aracade games in Parkson while Danny took his laptop to get fixed.


Then we decided to go to KTV since Sam has never been and we felt like singing. We were singing for 3 hours straight! So fun!!


After dinner I got some snacks at Walmart for the hotel since we weren't going to drink the tap water.


Got an early night sleep...well i couldnt sleep because i cant wait to go to BEIJING!!!


Ill tell you the plan what we will do in beijing.


GO to the Great Wall.
Forbidden City
Summer Palace
University in beijing where one of the students at the academy went and we want to check it out.
More places but it has Chinese names and Danny knows what its called...not me.
I told them i want to go to the Zoo and see Pandas for sure! Or even a Panda Reserve if they have any in Beijing.


The trip is pretty relaxed. we have a good group going. We are all up for anything.




Sunday


Woke up. repacked my bag. Headed to the airport. On the way the taxi put our bags in the trunk. It didnt fit. He told us itll be ok. We said no the trunk wont even shut so the bags would can fall out! the taxi said its fine he "promises" that it wont fall.


Well for some stupid reason we let him do that and i kept an eye on the bags the whole time.


We made it to the airport with all our bags and checked in.


Now we are waiting for the plane to come and board so i decided to update my blogs.


while we waited for the plane to arrive Danny has only been on a plane once in his life and he is terrifed of flying. I also found out Sam who was acting a bit nervous was not a fan of flying either! I sat next to them on the plane so i knew i would have fun messing with them.


On the plane Danny was looking everywhere, sweating, and nonstop talking. Danny immediately buckled his seat belt in. Unfortunetly he bucked it in with the relese side on his stomach...and he made sure it was tight. Sam and i told him its backwards and to take it off and when he tried to reliese the belt it wouldnt open because he had no room. He started to panic even more. i couldnt help but laugh but we got it loosed and buckled him in the right way. Sam was trying to close his eyes and relax and i was just watching them laughing so hard i was crying. I talked to sam and made him laugh a bit more and helped him relax too. I couldnt bring myself to be mean and joke around with them about being scared so i tried to help calm them down. Once we took off they both immediatly relaxed. I dont understand that. I would figure if your on the ground your calm and then nervous when in the air...i didnt want to ask and bring that up.


We landed after an hour and had to take a shuttel. Which took an hour then once we got off we took a taxi to the hotel. The hotel is nice for only 13 dollars a night. Danny got us a good deal.


Went out to eat dinner and now back at the hotel. i still cant believe i am in beijing. It feels a lot different than Yantai or Kunyushan!


Tomorrow we go to The Forbidden City.


Goodnight


Scott