Saturday 10/8

Jumped on a plane for Shanghai! 2-week work trip. Boston to Newark was easy. Nice views out the window.

Boston from the air

But then had to perform a mad dash thru the airport “Paging passenger Chadwick! Final boarding call for flight 87Y to Shanghai!” Heheh, good exercise.

Then the long haul over the pole. Fourteen and a half hour flight time. Not too bad, lots of free seatback movies & TV & music, plus arcade games. Jason you would have loved it.

Liz, I used your earplugs to help me sleep, thanks! Catnaps more than anything. Your purple note is my new bookmark.

Nice sunrise views as we flew over the ice & clouds. It felt like a long flight, but watching four movies (or was it five?) helped a lot.

Cab ride. I liked the bubble of plastic around the driver. He drove like a madman, weaving in and out of open spots in the highway. It felt like about 90 mph, except when he slowed down to pass under the (obvious!) speed trap cameras.

Lots of apartment buildings, and tons of power lines.

Sky Fortune is a pretty nice hotel. I like the funky hallway lighting. I have to get a pic of the giant lobby.

A room pic for the kids.

View out the window. Lots of honking cars. Nice to see a dedicated lane for the motor scooters!

Night version.