Blogging Trouble in China

It seems that Patty is having some trouble gaining access to her blog site in China. Until she is able to solve that problem, I'll try and place here the information that she sends me--Jenk

The adventure has begun! After a long day at Saugus High School, with final exams for the students, and correcting final exams for me, followed by graduation we headed to LAX. Sam, Katie, Aida and I boarded our Air China flight to Beijing’s Capital Airport. It was built for the Beijing Olympics and is a testament to a Chinese love for beauty and design. Even the tired students were amazed. We easily passed through immigration, then took the train around the airport to our connecting flight to Xi’an, arriving only 30 minutes late (due to congestion on departing runways in Beijing). We were greeted by a crowd of host families and GaoXin No. 1 High School’s wonderful Madame Wang. After a quick picture (see below) we each headed off with our host families.