Day 1

Day 1,
originally uploaded by printsmart102.

Toxay's my first day in 北京. I got here about 4 hours ago after an
excruciating plane trip. I've been awake for 22 hours and counting.
This is the view from my hotel room where I'm staying for the next
week. Because they have free wi-fi I can update my blog daily until we
move at the end of the week. We're watching TV; so far, the acting and
camera work is pretty lame. Next we're going to dinner and
orientations at the high school where we're studying this summer. My
first impressions of Beijing are suburban, lots of bicycles, and nicer
and more modern cars than I expected, a nice but very tourist-y hotel.
I was also able to negate many obvious American misconceptions, such
as that of the unlivable air quality and deadly criminals etc. The
streets were cleaner than American streets, from what I saw anyway.
Hear from me when the dinner and orientation is over.