Plane Ride/ Beijing

This plane ride to China was probably the easiest (after all, it was my 5th time).  I was with my mom, brother, Peter (my home school teacher) and Adrian (a friend of our parents who works with us and has been to China with us before).  I was glad that the plane was a 777, thus having screens on the back of every seat which allowed you to watch whatever (bad) movie you wanted.  One of the movies on the plane was Hancock, in which a troubled man with super powers (Will Smith) gets help from a failing business man.  I gave it an "okay" because it strayed too far from its original storyline.  The rest of the time I switched between playing with my Nintendo DS, listening to music, and reading 1984.  Since we left at noon, and the plane ride was 13 hours, we would arrive at 1 am Wisconsin time but 3 pm China time.  

The weather in Beijing was horrible, absolutely horrible.  Smog filled the air and I whenever I took a deep breath, I started coughing.  We conveniently started driving at rush hour, making our car ride an hour long.  Once I saw my bed I wanted to crash since I was so tired.  My parents thought differently though.  They made me to walk all the way across the street to eat.  I can't remember what we ate that night, only that it contained tofu, lots and lots of tofu.  In China people pick out individual dishes, for example tofu, and when the food comes, they set it in the middle of the table for people to pick whatever they want.  That way, no one gets too much and there is a bit more variety then mashed potatoes and steak.  

We stayed in Beijing for three more days, which which were full of pollution, traffic and nothingness.  After those three days, I've decided I don't like Beijing that much.  That being said, I was glad to be on the plane back to the fresh air and blue skies of Yunnan.