Portland, Oregon to Beijing, China
Left Portland at 10:20 am Monday, June 9th, with PCC ESOL colleague John Sparks.
Two hours to San Francisco.
Two hour wait at SFO airport.
12 hour flight on Air China to Beijing.
Due to crossing the international date line, we arrived on Tues. June 10 at about 4 p.m.
Overnight at the Joy City Hotel and complex, which fills an entire city block. The back side of the hotel is a six-story shopping mall with cinema and food court. The entire exterior of the mall side of the hotel is covered in video screen segments, all lit up in colors. On the corner is a huge electronic billboard. They call that street Beijing's Times Square—it’s just as tacky as the original Times Square. I cringe at staying at this hotel. My room looked like a business executive's hotel suite anywhere in the world. Oh, well, I just went to sleep to recover from the long trip and jet lag.
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