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China Tour April 27 - 29, 2017

Our China trip almost ended before it began. Hubby and I had incorrectly read our itinerary and thought the plane was leaving Seattle several hours later than it did. We were at the airport but looking for some lunch. I had found a “grocery store” and went inside to see if I could find a salad while Hubby waited in the corridor dreaming of one last hamburger before starting the trip. He heard a “last call“ for two people with our first names but some unintelligible last name but thought it was to close to be a coincidence so grabbed me and off we ran to our plane!  The young man sitting next to me was returning to China after a six month stay in San Diego studying a the college.  We worked hard to communicate and had a nice visit.  He was excited that we were going to be in Beijing for Liberty Days. April 29 - May 1. He explained that this is a big Chinese Holiday. Many people will be going into the city to see the government sites.  “The traffic will be  bad, it will be ver