We're Here

Well we made it! The flight over was actually pretty good. Our flight was over sold from Chicago to LA, and we were bumped up to a higher class. Very nice with more leg room. We were dreading the long layover in LA, but at the urging of the lady at the information desk at LAX we did a little sight-seeing. We had 9 hours...but I was still paranoid. We were adventurous and took the city bus to Santa Monica Blvd. We walked to the ocean and ate lunch on the pier. It was nice to stretch our legs and get away from airports for awhile.

EVA air is awesome. The plane was extremely nice with personal TV's at each seat. Mike watched 4-movies yesterday! The crew of the plane were so nice! We were also well fed and they brought drinks regularly. I think the timing of our flight has helped with jet lag. We had to leave our hotel in Chicag at 3:30 a.m. on Friday, which did not allow for much sleep. We slept sporadically between LA and Taipei. With the time change we arrived in Taipei in the evening, which is morning in the midwest. We were so tired from traveling and lack of sleep over the past week that we were able to sleep pretty normal. Even though it is 8:15 p.m. at home, we really do feel like it is morning.

Our hotel, Evergreen Laurel, is very nice. The room is beautiful with a shower and jacuzzi tub...big flatscreen on the wall... We had their breakfast buffet this morning and it was wonderful. The employees here are so nice. We adventured to the next door 7-11 this morning on our own. Fion is picking us up at 10:00 a.m. for some sight-seeing.

We get to pick up Emma tomorrow afternoon, and we can't wait. We'll try to upload pictures tomorrow night.