Back in Xiamen.

Well, a full day and a half after leaving the beautiful snowy scenery of Chicago we are finally back home in Xiamen. Because of the fresh snow in Chicago, and the added requirement of de-icing the plane, we ended up sitting on the plane for an additional 90 minutes before it backed out of the gate. I never like being delayed, but adding that time to a fourteen hour flight is just mean.

Last night we arrived in Shanghai and made it to the hotel around 19:00, we were slightly less tired then the first time we came here, so instead of going straight to bed we went out and enjoyed a nice Chinese noodle dinner. We realized that we both had actually missed having noodles.

Back in the hotel we also realized that we hadn't missed the hard beds, and were thankful that it was only one more night before we were back in our, now well cushioned, bed.

Now comes the fun of unpacking everything that we brought back with us and organizing ourselves back into a normal routine....