Sunset in Chicago, Sunrise in Beijing

Not the same day, mind you... we left the home in which we were staying at 9:00 o'clock Saturday morning, and arrived at our apartment at Beijing Institute of Technology just before midnight Sunday night (27 hours plus the 12 hour time differential)!

Grace took this picture as we left Chicago...

Waking up the next morning, this was the view out our dining room window at Beijing Institute of Technology.  Looking forward to meeting our new teammates... and to the challenges that this new year will surely bring us!