Well we are in China. We left Wednesday at 4:30 from detroit and landed in Shanghai at 7:00 Thursday and finally got to our hotel at about 2:00AM local time (China). So now it is friday and we lost about an entire day but oh well. We woke up and ate our breakfast and after words some of us went exploring through a little bit of the town which is kind of cool I guess. There is a leather mall across the street from our hotel and we've been told to only offer about 30% of what they are asking. After walking for awhile one way, turning around walking past our hotel again and pretty far the other way we gave up on finding the track only to figure out it was a 25 minute walk one way and we walked further then that, just not in the same direction. When we were out exploring i forgot my camera but I am going to try and get a bunch of pictures anyway but I wont be able to post them until I get back into the states.
We are scheduled to skate for the first time at the track tonight between 8-10pm (for those of you wondering the time here is exactly 12 hours ahead of eastern time). From what I have heard the track is fast and skates a lot like Spain did last year. I've heard some times and the fastest seems to be a 14.7 for a flying 200 which is crazy fast but most times have been around 15.2 from what I've heard but to put that in perspective.. in Colorado the fastest ever is probably a 16.0 or 16.1 (because the track in Colorado is no where near as fast as most tracks).
It's a hot day today here but it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the humidity. It stinks going from the dry air in Colorado to the sticky, humid air here but oh well. By the way, our hotel is really really nice especially for a international hotel. It is a four or five star hotel (I'm not exactly sure which one) but the rooms are actually somewhat roomie which makes it more comfortable and the bathrooms are really nice. The only real knock is the beds are rocks but that is traditional for Asian hotels from what I've heard from some of the more experienced/frequent travelers.
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