In Shanghai

We have finally made it to China.  I was not sure how we were going to make it when we were halfway through the 15 hour flight from Detroit.  I cannot tell how my tail feels right now since this is family friendly.  We were greeted in Shanghai by my coworkers friends that live here.  What a welcomed sight.  Only 1 of the 3 men knew English and it was fairly good.  They brought two cars just for all of us and our luggage.  Lisa and Devin rode in the car with the English speaking guy and another guy and Drew and I rode in the other car.  He knew very little English but what he could say was very clear.   It was funny, halfway through our 45 minute drive we were listening to a CD and he said I have something for you, and started playing Michael Jackson(Bad).  Yes I recognize that one.  He laughed and said "USA, Lady Gaga".  It is funny the words they come up with to say to you.  After the drive, they took us to a Chinese restaurant.  Not the kind that is in America, this was authentic cuisine.  They had a round table full of food by the time everything was brought out.  Fish with the head still on, dumplings, soups, pastas, most all of which you would not find in an American Chinese restaurant.  The meal was at least an hour if not more.  It seemed like when the dishes were finished they would bring more of something else.  The table stayed full of food.  After a while they realized we must be exhausted and kindly escorted us to our hotel and made sure everything was ok before they left.

This morning we are to travel to Nanjing, the capital of Wuxi city, on a high speed bullet train.  Only an hour and a half long.  This is where we will get EmmaLin tomorrow.  We can hardly wait.  Now we are off to breakfast before our train ride.