Heading Home

May 4, 2011
Beijing, China

I’m on the plane heading home somewhere over the Pacific. I met my driver in the lobby of the hotel at 9AM. We were at the airport by 9:45. Check in was pretty seamless. Terminal three at the Beijing airport is ginormous, so it took a while to get through all the customs, security checks, etc. When I finally made it to the general area of my gate, I stopped in a shop to pick up one last thing that was requested of me from home. On the way from the store to the business lounge I ran into my friend Andrew from the Wall. He said he was out to find some breakfast. I told him I was heading up to the lounge and I didn’t know if I could get a guest in but we could try. The lady said it was fine for me to have a guest until she realized Andrew was flying on British Airways which is not a Star Alliance partner. Andrew, however, managed to charm the lady into a “one time exception.” We sat and ate and talked for 45 minutes or so. Again I thoroughly enjoyed his company. Maybe I’ll have to plan my next trip to London. Well, actually my next trip is to Philly on Friday. I plan to go home and sleep for 36 hours before leaving again.

Until Friday,
Katy