Landed

So I'm in Shanghai. It's almost 8 pm here (its 6 am at home) My body has no idea what time it is. Typing means I can't go lay on the bed, which is a good thing.

After 20 hours of travelling, I do stupid things. Like LEAVE MY IPOD ON THE PLANE. If I wasn't so tired I would be way more upset that I somehow left my most important keeping-my-sanity (and expensive) travel companion. Fuck.

15 hours is a long ass time to spend on a plane. I slept a surprising amount considering I didn't take the sleeping pills. Good thing I didn't. since I got to see the North Pole and Siberia, which was awesome. The sun didn't set the entire flight, which meant I spent a bunch of time with my forehead against the window.

Randomly, I got to sit in first class from Austin to Chicago. Which was cool. Not as cool as it would have been to sit in first class to China, but I'll take what I can get.

It's dark and cold here, but I am excited about the little bit of the city I've seen so far. There is a lot of construction, bright lights and cars that don't recognize pedestrians as a reason to slow down.

We're heading out to dinner soon. Hopefully I will get to practice the five Mandarin words I think I've learned.