An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to
meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break.
~ A Chinese Proverb ~

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Send Me Back In Time

The moment we were off the plane, through the airport and out the door I felt like I had gone back in time 9 years to when R.X. joined our family. Sure the buildings look different but the sounds and smells are the same. Amazing!
The children were fantastic travellers. I'm afraid that none of us got much sleep but somehow we kept going until 10:00PM. There were no tears or meltdowns. When we were on the plane from Vancouver to Shanghai R.X. was excited that the food was "free". She turned to me and said "This really is going to be a great trip! Thanks for taking me to China."
The maglev train was amazing. True to what we had heard we were downtown in just 8 minutes. Our top speed was 301km/hr. Too cool!
We met up with R.E.'s friend who helped us get from the airport to the hotel. We went shopping and had a terrific dinner. The kids were adventurous and ate most everything on their plate, even the jelly fish.
In just 1 hour we will meeting with S.J.'s grandparents, aunt and uncle and a cousin. I'm a little nervous but S.J. seems calm, cool and collect.

On the plane.

On the Maglev...




KFC Delivery anyone?


Dinner with friends.


Some night life. This is a street full of restaurants.


Can you guess what these are? Tell you next time! Bye for now.

1 comment:

Paula said...

Great to see you've arrived safe and sound, AND that your laptop appears to be in ship shape. That's super. I noticed that R. was wearing her wristbands and from what you posted, they must have worked.

Looking forward to your next post. It's great to feel connected to you guys even though you're now on the other side of the world! I'm having a WOW moment. ;-)