Beijing Airport - leaving China!

What an incredible week! Time for our 14 hour flight back to the United States. It's pretty cool that we are leaving Beijing on Nov 14 at 5:00pm and arriving in Newark NJ on Nov 14 at 5:55pm. A one hour flight? Traveling through time zones is fun :)

Final Trip- site of 2008 Beijing Olympics!

Totally awesome, and Beijing was smog free for the first time all week :)

Fancy Dinner!

All of the American and Chinese delegates met on Wednesday evening for a very nice dinner. The room in the hotel was stunning, and we all had a very fun time!

Travel to Remnin University

On the road to Remnin University in Beijing for a visit! Cars are everywhere in the city. For people living in the city, the commute to work can take hours because of the heavy congestion!

Leaving the Henan Province!

We are about to board a plane back to Beijing! The Henan Province was beautiful, its history is incredible, and the hospitality and generosity of its people will always be remembered... :D

Longmen Grottoes

Absolutely stunning...

More fun with kids!

I loved the kids at this school! The first picture is with a dancer who performed for us. The second picture is with an extremely giggly group of kids- I convinced the front row to flex with me in the picture. The final picture shows me signing autographs - all of the kids really wanted American autographs, and they went nuts when I handed out a few business cards to them :)