First Post

Hey Everyone! I leave in four days. Woot Woot! I am going to try and post every day while I'm in China. However, because of The Great Fire Wall of China this might be difficult. Please check every day. I'll have vids, pics, and my days reflection.

Here is our tentative itinerary

May 19th - Depart from Minneapolis(9:30AM): Fly to Portland -> Fly to Tokyo ->

May 20th - Arrive at Beijing (10:15 PM)

May 21st - !!Tiananmen!!, Forbidden City, Great Hall of People, Mao's Mausoleum, Qianmen Street (all within sight of Tiananmen). (Night)=Beijing Wangfujing Night Market

May 22nd - Summer Palace, Peking University, Golden Resources Mall (night)=Peking Opera/Tea House?

May 23rd - Olympic Game Village, 798 Art District (Night)= Meet with laoshi's old students

May 24th - !!Great Wall of China!! Ming Tomb (Night)= Huohai Bar district

May 25th - Temple of Heaven, Beijing Hutong, Leave for Tianjin in afternoon via bullet train

May 26th - Tour Tianjin, Leave for Nanjing at night via overnight train

May 27th - Arrive in Nanjing in the Morning, visiting Nanjing Massacre Museum, Sun Yatsen Mausoleum (Night) = Confucius temple

May 28th - Leave for Shanghai in morning, Afternoon: Yuyuan People's Square, Nanjing Road, Shanghai Museum. (Night)=Xintiandi aka French quarter

May 29th Shanghai World Expo (Night) = The Bund

May 30th - 31st Shanghai World Expo

June 1st- Heading home