Welcome to China

Hello everyone,
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Well, we officially made it to China. I have made it to my hotel, where I just got the living daylights scared out of me by a paper getting slid under my door.

I am in Suzjhou - don't ask me where that is. I had to fly to Shanghai to get here, that is about all I know. That and it took us nearly three hrs to get here. Charna had to go about an hour further and poor Bruce had to go to another airport..he could still be sitting on the ground in the airport. I have had dinner, had a nice hot shower and am blogging one last time before bed. Half the stuff on this site is in Chinese and the other half is in English..I hope I don't mess it up. Suffice to say, I am ready for bed.

China is interesting. Go figure - there are people everywhere. On bikes, in cars, on motorcycles - and they literally walk down the middle of the road. Basically, they just walk wherever they want - in front of cars, bikes, on the road. I would not want to drive here, I would definitely hit someone. Not on purpose either. One the way to the hotel, a couple of buses came on to our side of the road, no big deal. No one seemed worried about it, everyone just went on about their business. Lots of horn honking too - I have not figured out what warrants horn honkings, seems like just about anything.

Tomorrow, we go to the factories to count their inventory - it will bring a whole new meaning to "made in China". I have been pleasantly surprised by everything I have found so far on this trip, and I hope that continues tomorrow.

I just wanted to take a second and catch up and let everyone know I was OK (and hope that Bruce and Charna are too) They are with 2 other people from the Singapore office, so they are not alone. I think we will truly miss each other this weekend - all of a sudden, we had our bags and then we were off in different directions. I think it will be a joyous reunion on Monday..at least for Charna and I. Bruce might have enjoyed the peace without us and his man time with Brian. :)

Have a good Friday and a good weekend! ~Nicole