大家好!  I'm really excited to be writing this blog as I spend a month in China.  We're going to be spending time in a few large cities, as well as rural areas.  I will be posting to this blog regularly as I can, given that Wi-Fi in China might be a little difficult to find sometimes.  I'll be taking all kinds of pictures, you can follow my Instagram profile here: https://instagram.com/bennythebaker/ .  Also, I will be posting pictures here.  Oddly enough, I've had this instagram account for about 4 years and I've only ever posted one picture.

Today, I got up at about 6:45 to pack up what was left of my dorm room before the wonderful and fantastic Bruce Vieweg drove me to the airport for my 10:30 flight this morning.  We have since landed at Chicago-O'Hare and are waiting for our gate information to be posted.  I'll see you guys in about 20 hours after we land in Beijing.  See you on the other side of the world!