Ni Hao! We've ARRIVED!

So we arrived in China…I don't even know when. A few hours ago? We had to get baggage and exchange our moneys and stuff. Seriously, you guys. I am loving this. I can't stop smiling. I'm not sure if it will ever hit me. When we got into China, we went through Beijing which is like any other city but just a little more colorful and more shiny and more diverse in architecture. Our hostel is in this thing (I can't remember what it's called in Chinese) but it's like cool because it has all the family shops and these tiny alley ways that we had to go through in order to get to our hostel. And our hostel is the bomb. A lot nicer than I was expecting. But now I know why they don't want us to drink the tap water. :/ I was brushing my teeth and halfway through the water turned yellow. Gaaaross. The Chinese have this light about them. I can already tell. Like our stewardesses were so sweet and accommodating. I'm just so happy! And I have some pretty funny stories already. Like when I couldn't understand the stewardess on the plane so I ended up eating this Korean dish. But it turned out to be quite yummy! Or. Get this. I'm scrunched up against this Chinese man writing this because our lobby is the only place with internet access. So we're all on the couch. Fun fun! 

I've flown a total of 16 hours today. Woof. I'm tired. But I had to email you before I went to bed in my rock of a mattress. Which is fine. This is amazing you guys, it still hasn't REALLY hit me that I'm in China. I just feel like I'm in any other place on earth. So far. Hahaha we'll see how I feel tomorrow. I'm just really tired. Cool story! So me and my new-found friend, Jennifer (who lives in DUBAI!!), we were sitting on the bus trying to say the Chinese phrases in our little hand book. We asked this Chinese guy if we were saying it right and he helped us and then he said he could understand us! I"m starting to pick up some words. And I think I finally understand how to read the tones. It's just the characters that will be hard. But I hope I can get it down! I can't really think because I'm so tired so .... more later!