Detroit to Shanghai - We Made It

We had an angel encounter on the way to Detroit. Isn't God good?

Leaving the kids was super hard. We were feeling a little anxious about all that. The minute we set foot on the commuter flight, we said good morning to the flight attendant and she said, "Isn't it a beautiful morning that the Lord gave us?" I thought, "This is the day that the Lord has made." Denise, our flight attendant was a ray of sunshine the whole flight. We had the first seats in the plane so we chatted it up a bit during the super smooth ride for such a small plane.

We had about 3 hours in Detroit to walk around. We will definitely be buying a stroller in China for Joshua. Lots of walking but it felt good knowing that we would be sitting for 14 hours. Bob was hungry for a decent meal so after we surveyed our options, we decided on:
Then we did it. 5 hours into our trip. Yup, we went here:
But only to get an ice cream.

This one is for the kids: Look at the plane we flew on. A 747 with an upstairs.
We left on time and had a very uneventful flight. We took turns sleeping on and off as we had an extra seat. That was a huge blessing.

Bob got our bags while I held on to the cart, literally, to keep from falling over.
Wasn't much to customs. Sailed right through.
Found our hotel in the middle of the airport after few minute walk. We are staying here tonight and will head to Hangzhou tomorrow morning when we get up, if we get up.

In our exhausted state, we went to the wrong floor, stood outside our room for a full 5 minutes trying to get in and then figured out the lights. Thank you, internet prep.

Check this out. It's a first. A round bed! Bob reports it is hard as a rock.
Going to take a shower, brush my teeth, and fall into bed.

Over and out.