Thoughts and stories, by Pal

The fantastic tour of China I was able to experience! We left Salt Lake City on an airplane at 7:15 a.m., September 14, 2018.  After a 2 hour flight to Seattle, we got on the Hainan Airlines, and went on an 8 and a half hour flight to Shanghai, China! On the plane we had a small movie screen in front of us, and I watched 2 really good movies!  First I watched "Pride and Prejudice", an old version with Greer Garson, and 2nd one called "The Great Waltz", the life of Johan Strauss, who wrote so many beautiful waltzes.  Then a 3 hour flight to our first city, Xi'an, (pronounced Shee--on, population 12 million, in about the center of China. Waiting in the Seattle airport, about to fly to Shanghai!   We arrived at night, and had a good night's sleep after being awake almost 24 hours, China being 14 hours ahead of Utah time!  We were a group of 21 people, all couples except two ladies who were traveling together, Chris, and Orimi, and me.    I was de

How exciting is this?  !  !   I will leave early tomorrow morning to fly to Beijing, China, with a tour group from the Alan McKay and Dick Jensen Tour group!   I will be posting some pictures during the tour, and then some more detailed blogs after I get home.  How crazy is it for an 83 (84 in October) year old lady to go on a trip half way around the world?  Don't worry, I have my burial paid for, and also an insurance that will cover me if I happen to pass away anywhere in the world!  I will be sent home by Medical Air Service!   But I DON'T PLAN TO DIE ON THIS TRIP! So watch for news clips and pictures on Facebook! And to top it off, I saw an ad in the newspaper this morning, of a piano sale!  I went down to the Piano Gallery, and bought a lovely digital piano!  It fits in my bedroom, and because of the limited space, you sit on the bed to play it!  They even included a lovely book of Classical piano solos -- with Clair de Lune, Fantasie Impromptu, etc.