July 1, 2006

The entire team met for a debrief session this morning. It lasted four and a half hours. Very good time. The Musketeers (Shane, Josh, and I) and the rest of the team packed up quickly to check out by 2:00 PM.

The team wasn't leaving until around 5:00, but the Musketeers went with Kim to check-in to the hotel where she and her husband are staying as they visit her foreign exchange student Grace. The hotel was great. Grace's Chinese family has connetions and she got us a great rate.

We stayed and rested at the hotel for a few hours after having McDonald's with Kim, Duane, and Grace. We got some snacks at the local grocery. (They have bean curd flavored Pringles, yum!)

We then took the subway back to Tiananmen Square that night. It is all light up and beautiful. Filled with people. We met a man who is a free-lance photographer traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railway. He started in St. Petersburg, Russia went across Russia, through Mongolia, Beijing, and he's on his way to Shanghai. He is photographing the whole trip and hopes to publish a coffee table book.

We took some great pictures and sat and talked. A really nice evening.

Back to the hotel and rest.