7:09am and cold is not even close to the word
Yesterday was Monday, my first full day in Beijing and it was COLD. I walked outside for a solid 45 seconds a few times. To inhale deeply is painful in this cold. My feet with my wool socks and Minnesota cold boots do stay warm. My hands and upper body stay warm because I have appropriate clothing. It’s the part of the legs between the boots and the bottom of my coat that get a bit chilly because they are only covered by two thin layers.
We did not save the world as we had some necessary work strategy sessions in the hotel. For lunch we ate in a shopping mall style food court that is in the basement below the hotel. I have been eating lots of noodles, soup, and vegetables. I did taste duck head my first evening here. Last night (dinner number 2) John and I ate hot pot that was cooked in a tomato soup base. I am learning that there are so many different ways to serve and cook the hot pot. It is very tasty cooked in the tomato soup.
I proudly slept in til 7:09 am. Today Amy is going to drive us to the factory to see my El Jefe foam machines before they get loaded into a container for shipment to Lockhart. I also am going to check into a plane ticket for Cambodia for later in the month.
