Holy crap we're here

Hi.we're here. A kind young man named Andrew let me use his laptop for a few moments just so I could say hello and that we are in Beijing. Not much to say right now--we\re tired from having traveled for 23 hours or so. Beijing is an amazing, busy, multi-layered city. After we got here, I went swimming and Mike went for a walk. I went out walking in the alley behind the hotel, seeing little boys sitting with their fathers and watching the world go boy and a group of men playing cards and reminding me of Guys and Dolls, and a few guys who walked by me and smiled a bit too broadly. We do stick out. But Mike got propositioned by two young ladies who said they wanted to practice their English. When they asked him if he wanted to go up to their room to see their calligraphy, he realizec that possibly they were um... let's say professionals in training. We're off to get some dinner and then some sleep. Tomorrow we hit the Forbidden CIty, which I've always wanted to see, and Tiannamen Square and a few other spots. Wednesday is the Great Wall, and Thursday we go to Nanchang and pick up Baby Girl. If I could figure out how to make an exclamation point on this tiny funky keyboard, I would

Love to you all. Susan out.