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The Great Wall of China was the first adventure of our first day of touring in Beijing. Pictured here is the steepest section of the Great Wall at the location we explored. Gene went part of the way up this section while I explored at a lower elevation. The pictures shared here just won’t do the Great Wall justice. In every direction you look from this vantage point there is the great wall. The views are stunning.
Gene and I left home Saturday morning, October 25, at 3:30AM in order to catch a 6:00AM plane to Chicago on our first leg of our journey to China. Our plane to Shanghai left Chicago at 10:35AM. Some 13 1/2 hours later we arrived in Shanghai. Customs was surprisingly quick and easy, we secured luggage, exchanged US dollars for a wad of Chinese money I have yet to master. We have traveled long distances before with flights of 8 and 11 hours so the length of this flight wasn’t anything we weren’t prepared for. The challenge at this point was that we had a layover in Shanghai of 7 hours before being able to fly to Beijing. Poor choice of connections on my part it seems.
I always get the window seat on the airplane. It is important to me as a traveler to see what I am leaving, where I am arriving and as much as possible in between. Last week (October 6, 2009) I traveled to Utica, New York, and my view did not disappoint. The flight from Chicago to Albany was a wonderful viewing experience. I have experienced fall foliage in Utah and on a particularly wonderful Sunday several years ago along the Hudson River north of White Plains, New York. But seeing this display from the window of your airplane is another matter. The view actually looks like a patch work quilt.
