I survived aeroflot!
Hi! I made it to Beijing!!!
Of course it was snowing at my Auntie's when I left - I swear it does that on purpose - snow, squirrels and bunnies are all working against me!
The flight was OK - had brilliant seat for 3hr flight from London to Moscow - the row behind the exit row - but there was no seat in front of me - so lots of leg room... and got a chocolate bar with lunch! only a very short stopover with all the men at the airport in Moscow wearing the furry hats...
Then onto Beijing where sat next to chinese man - who if his legs were spread any wider he'd have been doing the splits - and he took up both armrests - no airplane etiquette! The 3hr flight seemed to take longer than the 7.5hr leg to Beijing...
Have already met one of the otehr 3 - Wendy from Canada - very handy to have round today as she speaks a bit of chinese - did a bit of a walking tour round beijing - not nearly as many skyscrapers as imagined - nor as polluted - and super cheap - $10 for both of us to have lunch...
There is a couple i think that make up the last 2 people... - will be meeting them soon...
oh - and for those of you that i told my mobile no. - apparently the text isn't going to work til the end of the mnth (super annoying) - and to dial it - use international dialing code (eg 0011 for Oz) 354 380 385 151... - but don't ring me til I get back to the UK - as expensive to Russia - and we both pay! :)
Cheerio!