3:10pm Thursday April 22nd - my trip to Shanghai has begun! I left the Minneapolis/St Paul airport at 3pm on a plane to Tokyo, Japan. I had a seat on the aisle and was lucky that there was no one in the middle seat. The woman who sat in the window seat in our row, Alyssa (or Alexis?) was very friendly and we talked while waiting for the delayed flight to finally get in the air. The flight was very uneventful - we watched four movies, ate three meals, and napped off and on during the thirteen hour flight.
Our plane landed in Tokyo 30 minutes late and Alyssa and I said goodbye hurriedly as she headed to her connecting flight to Hong Kong and I went to my gate to catch my connecting flight to Shanghai. We got another meal on this flight - dinner of noodles and veggies along with some sort of cake for dessert. Despite more turbulence on this flight everything went well and we landed in Shanghai about 10pm local time on Friday evening, April 23rd. (This is 9am Minnesota time.) I was worried about getting through customs (having my visa denied was a recurring dream in the weeks leading up to my vacation), but everything went well and I when I passed through the international gates, I saw my friends Carrie & Jeff waiting for me! It was a relief to see them and to know that the long travel was finally over.
We took a cab to their campus. Because it was late we went straight to their apartment. I am staying in the room next door to theirs - I have my own bedroom, living space and bathroom, which is very luxurious. I gave Carrie & Jeff the presents I brought for them - ibuprofen and batteries (which they had requested), and a pound of coffee and a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Delicious! We all went to bed pretty soon after that. I unpacked my clothes into the dresser and settled into bed with a Shanghai travel book to read up on some of my "must sees" for the weekend...and promptly fell asleep! I was so tired from travel I slept the whole night - it was perfect. Tomorrow: see Shanghai as a tourist!
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