{"id":73,"date":"2016-05-25T17:03:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T22:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/?p=73"},"modified":"2016-05-25T17:03:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T22:03:37","slug":"our-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/2016\/05\/25\/our-first-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Our first day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from China. We made it safe and sound. \u00a0Our first day was long and uneventful. \u00a0We landed on time with one small glitch. Some of our luggage took time to retrieve but once our luggage was in hand Dr. Shang and our guide named Tiger were waiting for us. We went to dinner and had our first lesson in using chopsticks. Some of us were more proficient than others. We then headed to the hotel where we had a much needed rest. Today starts the Beijing tour of the Forbidden city and Ti&#8217;an men square. We are very excited to start seeing some Chinese culture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-76\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-3-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-4-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-4-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-4.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-5-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-5-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-5-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-5-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-5.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-6-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-6-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-6-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-6-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-6.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-7-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-7-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-7-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-7-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-7-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-7.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-81\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-8-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-8-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-8-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-8-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/china-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/05\/image-8-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from China. We made it safe and sound. \u00a0Our first day was long and uneventful. \u00a0We landed on time with one small glitch. 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