We're in Beijing

I can't get the VPN to connect, so I can't actually see blogspot. I'm emailing in this post, and I hope it makes it okay. It is 5:30 in the morning on Friday here, 5:30 evening on Thursday at home. We made it through the 24 hours of travel! We got to Atlanta in plenty of time to have some lunch before boarding our flight. Korean Air was wonderful. They gave the boys goodie bags with a doodle pad shaped like an airplane and a coloring book. We had lunch when the plane left, and the boys got kids meals. It was pizza with french fries, potato salad, potato chips, oreos, and yogurt. Matt and I had a choice of a Korean dish, chicken or beef. It was okay for airplane food. They came by with pineapple juice and water several times during the flight and brownies twice. After lunch, they dimmed the lights, and we watched some movies, played some video games, and walked around the cabin. Around 9, they brought dinner. Caleb slept through it. He
missed a hot dog, rice pudding, potato chips, and oreos. Joshua finally fell asleep, and I was able to get a nap. We landed in Seoul and had a short layover before boarding the flight to Beijing. They fed us again on that flight, but the food was much more Korean. The boys had pizza and a corn dog, plus fish flavored chips, and a pumpkin flavored cookie. We had chicken/rice and flavored rice treat, which was soy sauce flavored and not like a rice krispie treat as I had hoped!

We got to Beijing with no problem. Angela met us at the gate and had a driver waiting to bring us to our hotel. We have a one bedroom deluxe with two double beds at the Lee Garden Apartments. We were able to Skype with Mom and Thomas. The beds are hard as I'd heard, but we were able to sleep. Caleb and I are up while Matt and Joshua are still sleeping. Driving here from the airport reminded me a lot of Atlanta. The highways were nice, and we didn't have a lot of traffic until we got to the downtown area. There are lots of apartment buildings. Angela said there are 19 million people in Beijing. They have put restrictions on what day you can drive your car, and they provide incentives to use the metro and bus.

We plan to visit the Great Wall today unless it is raining, then we will move the visit to tomorrow. I'll post pictures after our sightseeing today.