We had a long flight over after seven and a half hours at O'Hare in Chicago. We had 13.5 hours of flight going over lakes Michigan and Superior, Hudson Bay, into the arctic circle, the north pole, and Siberia before reaching Beijing. getting to the hotel from the airport was ugly and I would just as soon forget about that part of it.. Spent a lazy day today and will head to Zhengzhou tomorrow. Both of us are missing Emily terribly. Can't believe how hard it is to be away from her.