So after the usual travel snafus (I over packed my bag and had to unload stuff curbside at O'Hare) and being given the wrong boarding pass three times by our ticketing agent at check-in - CDI. made it onto the plane. Upon landing in Shanghai we were boarded by men and women, in biohazard suits with goggles and latex gloves rubber-banded at the wrists, who proceeded to individually screen us with laser thermometers for swine flu. It's not every day you are part of a global pandemic! Now however, we are safely installed in our lovely Shanghai hotel The Bund Riverside! Our rooms overlook the Huangpu River and the Pudong district with its gorgeous modern architecture crowned by the Oriental Pearl Tower. The city is extraordinary with 27 million people and construction absolutely everywhere as the country prepares for the World Expo in 2010.
Our 24 hours of strait traveling was concluded with a lovely dinner at the Yang Guang Hotel where the meal was served family style on a table sized lazy susan - in general the CDI dancers are planning to ward off jet-lag with Chinese beer, daily massages, dumplings, and pure excitement - so far so good!
More to come and love to all back home!
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