1068. China -- # 1-- September 14 to 27th, 2018!
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