Updated Trip Schedule

7/1/10 Depart from Cleveland 1:29 PM- meet at Delta counter @ 11:30 AM
Delta Flight 3831 to Detroit- arrive at 2:27 PM- 1 hour 48 minute layover
Delta Flight 0019 to Shanghai- 14 hours and 55 minutes- arrive at 7:05 PM 7/2

7/2/10 Arrive in Shanghai 7:05 PM
Travel to Huipu High School- 4 hour bus ride
Meet host families between 11 PM and 12 AM

7/3/10 AM: Activities at Huipu High School- Chinese, Science, PE, and English classes
PM: Tour around Linhai- climb Southern Great Wall

7/4/10 Activities with home stay host families all day

7/5/10 Huipu High School: class activities all day- Chinese, calligraphy, and cooking

7/6/10 Touring in Taizhou: glass carving, visit government, and tour city

7/7/10 Youxi: rafting and lunch in the countryside

7/8/10 Activities at Huipu High School
AM: go to classes
PM: basketball game in the stadium
Evening: language school party/performance

7/9/10 AM: touring in Tiantai (resort city)
PM: farewell dinner at Huipu High School

7/10/10 Hangzhou: touring in resort city; stay at Hangzhou hotel

7/11/10 Travel to Shanghai (2 hour trip)- stop at Wu Zhen (traditional old town near Shanghai)
Tour city: Yu Garden, Old Town, Nanjing Commercial Rd. & Bund
Depart for Beijing (8:00 PM) by train in sleeping cars (12 hour trip)

7/12/10 Arrive in Beijing (8:00 AM)
Tour all day: Tian'anmen Square & Forbidden City
Stay at Jiang Xi Grand Hotel

7/13/10 Tour the Great Wall (1.5 hour trip, all day tour)
Travel back to Shanghai (8:00 PM) by train in sleeping cars (12 hour trip)

7/14/10 Tour the World's Fair
Stay at Yafan Longmen Hotel

7/15/10 Depart for Shanghai airport at 7:00 AM
Return to Detroit on Delta Flight 0018- flight time 14 hours and 5 minutes
Fly back to Cleveland at 1:50 PM on Delta Flight 3058- flight time 55 minutes
Arrive at Cleveland Hopkins airport at 2:45 PM
Arrive in Cleveland at 2:45 PM

Flight Itinerary

DATE	Departure/Arrival Times	Flight Number	Airport	Notes
July 1 (Thur)	Depart @ 1:29 pm	Delta DL 3831	Cleveland Hopkins	Please meet at the Delta Airline counter by 11:30 am. If you need a ride, please call Mr. Thompson at home and he will be happy to take your daughter/son to the airport (338-6064).
	Arrive 2:27 pm		Detroit Metro	We will have an 1(hr) 48(min) layover.
	Depart @ 4:15 pm	Delta DL 0019	Detroit Metro	14(hr): 55(min) flight
July 2 (Fri)	Arrive 7:10 pm		Shanghai Pudong, China	Students/Staff will be picked-up at the baggage claim area.
July 15 (Thur)	Depart @ 10:00 am	Delta DL 0018	Shanghai Pudong, China	14(hr): 05(min) flight
	Arrive 12:05 pm		Detroit Metro	1(hr): 45(min) layover in Detroit
	Depart @ 1:50 pm	Delta DL 3058	Detroit Metro	0(hr): 55(min) flight
	Arrive 2:45 pm		Cleveland Hopkins	Please pick-up your child in the baggage claim area.

Huānyíng!

Huānyíng means welcome! Welcome to the blog!

We hope to keep you up-to-speed on all the happenings while we are halfway around the world. I will do my best to blog our daily activities, as well as provide pictures and videos, if I have access to internet service.

If you need to communicate with us, please feel free to comment and ask questions on the blog. It sounds like our schedules will be very busy, so there may be little time for cell phone conversations! Plus, you can avoid running up cell phone bills :) While you are sleeping, we will be out and about in the cities, and you may not want to call when we are resting after a long day of fun!

Can't wait to share all the fun stories and amazing pictures! Zàijiàn! Goodbye!

Departure & Arrival

On Thursday, July 1st, we will meet at the Delta ticket counter at 11:30 AM.

Sharing rides to the airport is a good idea: it is eco-friendly and holds you accountable for being ready on time!

Our flight returns at 2:45 PM on July 15th. Mr. Kline & I will be exhausted after nearly 15 hours of flying, so please make sure that you have made the necessary arrangements to be picked up!

PLEASE LEAVE A PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR PASSPORT AT HOME- JUST IN CASE!

China Trip Schedule

7/1/10 Depart from Cleveland 1:30 PM

7/2/10 Arrive in Shanghai 7:00 PM

7/3/10 Activities at Huipu High School
AM: learn Chinese, calligraphy, cooking PM: basketball, ping pong, performances

7/4/10 Activities with home stay host families

7/5/10 Touring in Taizhou: glass carving, visit government

7/6/10 Touring in Xainju

7/7/10 Touring in Taozhu

7/8/10 Activities at Huipu High School; farewell dinner

7/9/10 Touring in Shaoxing, Hangzhou

7/10/10 Touring in Shaoxing, Hangzhou

7/11/10 Travel to Shanghai (2 hour trip)
Tour city: Yu Garden, Old Town, Nanjing Commercial Rd. & Bund
Depart for Beijing (8:00 PM) by train in sleeping cars (12 hour trip)

7/12/10 Arrive in Beijing (8:00 AM)
Tour all day: Tian'anmen Square & Forbidden City
Stay at Jiang Xi Grand Hotel

7/13/10 Tour the Great Wall (1.5 hour trip, all day tour)
Travel back to Shanghai (8:00 PM) by train in sleeping cars (12 hour trip)

7/14/10 Tour the World's Fair
Stay at Yafan Longmen Hotel

7/15/10 Depart Shanghai at 10:00 AM
Arrive in Cleveland at 2:45 PM