Day 1& 2 of Ally's Adventure

Well I have arrived safely, the journey was ok, a long wait in Helsinki but this nice lady bought me a drink as I hadn't had the foresight to take a few Euros with me. Anyway, we helped each other.

The view and scenery as we were flying over China was amazing, I wish I had photo's, it really took my breath away, the mountains that were green and rugged and the rice terraces.

The apartment is spacious and nice, the best thing is the free Wifi, I even managed to link up with Dave this morning on the web cam.

I haven't slept for over 24 hours now so haven't done much today apart from unpack, have a walk and shop for groceries. Tomorrow I hope to venture a little further and try to find the dancing school which is about 15km away.

It will be a bit more challenging than I thought as no-one in this district seems to speak English (maybe that will get easier the closer I get to the tourist area) and the signs are not in dual language. I have to work out how to get to the subway tomorrow. But hey, this was never supposed to be easy otherwise it wouldn't be the chance of a lifetime.

I'll attach some photo's tomorrow - when I've taken some.
On the negative side, there are lots of cars and mad drivers, it is quite challenging being a pedestrian. Oh and yes, there probably are 6 million bicycles in Beijing.

Hope you are all well. Please email me to keep in touch.
Ally