5-17-2005

We arrived in Shanghai this afternoon after a long, but not too terrible plane flight, and checked into the hotel where we'll be staying. It's not bad at all--air conditioned and everything. We had Thai food for dinner--quite tasty, but I was a little disappointed that they gave us forks. My impression so far is that Shanghai is more Westernized than Beijing, but I've only been here a few hours, so we'll see. I'm excited to be back in China!