8/30/06 Wo men dao le (We Have Arrived)

Beijing greetings to our family and friends!

We (and our 6 pieces of luggage--sigh of relief) have arrived in China. Derek and I sincerely apologize for the delayed launch of our much anticipated blog. As many of you already know, we left our digital camera back in Minnesota--in the depths of our storage unit. Derek was especially bummed because he was looking forward to documenting each step of our journey, including our reenactment of Snakes on a Plane starring our gummy worms. However, my loving brother, agreed to traverse the complicated maze of our packed locker in order to rescue our camera. Thank you, Gavin.