Hello from China!

Beijing is a beautiful city. The hotel is quite lavish - they provide slippers!

I have adjusted to the time zone - after several days of zombieland, I woke up this morning at 6:45am, feeling quite refreshed.

I am drinking far too much tea, and eating far too much food, but other than that I'm doing well.

We've ventured out of the hotel exactly once since arriving - we went to the Pearl Market. Yes, I bought pearls - a pretty necklace that is fairly simple, but also not the norm. I am not comfortable haggling over prices, but I am comfortable saying "No, thank you" so it all works out.

The guys have the network up and running - and they are running about making things work. The hotel is filling up fast with our attendees - more and more familair faces are being seen in the hallways.

The hotel hosted us for lunch yesterday (OMG delicious) in their fanciest restaurant. Small plates of fancy deliciousness. And far too many desserts to taste. The hotel boasts an "all cuisine buffet," a Chinese restaurant, a Japanese restaurant, and a fancy shmancy high falutin' restaurant (sort of an Asian-European fusion type place).

Otherwise, I'm doing well. The air quality is not good, and there are smokers everywhere in the hotel, but that is small pain.

Going to get a foot massage tonight. Sleepy. Hours to go before.