Ok, I've been back for a week now.  I guess it's time to start sharing pictures and stories about my trip.  I've been so tired and lazy since I got back, I haven't gotten around to it.

So that's Me and Dad on the plane.  Chillaxing in first class, I'm about to start watching a movie on my screen.  I think I watched Han**** first...

These first class recliners were great, they went all the way to a flat position for sleeping and had a back massager built into it.  The flight was pretty long, so I had plenty of time to drink.  I started out with some champagne, but switched to scotchafter about an hour.   I think I drank just about a whole bottle of Chivas Regal on the way over.

There were a couple of meals on the flight, the first one I had was a pretty good sirloin steak.  Later, I had salmon in a lobster sauce with shrimp and these baby lobster tail things.  The food was good.

Got to Beijing, walked to a shop to buy some beers, wnet to the hotel and drank the beers, then went to sleep. 

That was the first day of my trip.

Alright, that's enough for now.  I'll continue later.

~John

I'm home and I'm tired.

So, I'll be back in MN tomorrow ... I think... time zones confuse me .

Well, I've had a great time in China and I can't wait until the next time I can come back.   On this trip I've realized ... Americans are Aholes.  Seriously, the people here in China are wikid nice ... all the time.  I'd walk the streets of Tianjin at night with no problem, but walkining in mpls alone in the dark scares the crap outta me.

Last night I ate dinner at a place called Broadies.  I had pizza, scotch and beers.  wikid awesome bar.  The dude who owns the place is from Fargo and he's cool.

So, I'll be home soon and I'm sad.  I'm not sure I'm ready to leave.

~John

So, I went to the Temple of heaven with Dad and Jane today.  Here's a few pix.

Here we are at the Temple.  This is were they used to pray for good harvests and such.

Here I am playing dress-up in the emperor's dressing room.

I'm sneaking around the corner.  That's a baddazz sword dude.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Heaven

Alright, I walked so much today, even my brain is sore.  I'm beat and heading to bed soon.  In a few days, when I go to Tianjin, I won't be so busy.  I should be able to give a few more detailed blogs.

Oh yeah, I've taken over 400 pictures so far, I would post more now, but the internet is very slow in China.  I'll post some good ones over the next few days, but most of them will be up when I'm back in MN.

~John

and I'm having trouble uploading photos, hopefully I'll figure something out soon.  I'd give you more of an update, but I'm dead tired right now.  I've walked at least 30 miles today, and maybe more yesterday.  Oh, the great wall is EFFIN long!!!!!!!  Yes Jan, I got a picture of me at the top.  Ok, I gotta finish my beer and get to sleep.

Type atcha laters!

~John