We're in Beijing!

Wow! we really are in Beijing! It was a long flight and I slept a lot of the way. I made a new friend before I got on the plane in Auckland - he's a white sausage dog called Frankie and he is travelling in Beijing with his friend Karen who is a teacher at Lincoln High School! Fancy that! You are going to see more of Frankie - we are going to do lots of stuff together I think!The first thing we did together was amazing - we got to go to the flight deck on the plane and talk to the captain! Sue, Sandy and Karen weren't allowed to do that but we were 'cause we're special! Look out for our photos on the school website - I'll get Sue to put that photo of me and Frankie up.Anyway - we got to Beijing and it was FREEZING and foggy. Then, as the day went on, we realised that it wasn't just fog, it was SMOG - it hung around all day, so thick that we could hardly see the tops of the high-rise buildings! We all got to explore Beijing on our own today which was pretty good fun. We walked and walked and walked, then we found the subway (train system) so we got on that and went to see the Olympic Park and all the amazing buildings that were built for the Olympic Games in 2008. Frankie and I had our photo taken sitting with a statue of a Buddha! Lots of people stopped to see what we were doing and then they all started taking photos of us too!Tomorrow we get to start our Chinese classes. That will be good because it was pretty hard today, Sandy and Sue didn't know enough words to do much so they are going to have to really listen and learn, quick smart!

Talk to you again tomorrow!

Puji.