Our first day in China

"To meet an old friend in a distant country is like the delight of rain after a long drought."
- Chinese Proverb

Today was our first full day in China, and Juliet, our wonderful singing tour guide, led us on an exhausting walk through Tienanmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace. We also reconnected with our Antarctica friend Lee Lightfoot (who on May 17th completed a marathon on all seven continents). We made friends with Linda Quirk (who is part way through her goal to run seven marathons on seven continents in one year in hopes of raising national awareness and one million dollars for chemical dependency treatment centers - visit http://www.run7on7.com/), Linda's daughter-in-law Sara, Sherrie from Portland, and many others those first few days.