Entries: Christine Won

Are we really FINALLY HERE?

Waking up (or not sleeping) to get to the Union Circle Drive by 5 a.m. Tuesday 5/15…... Exciting

The ride from Champaign-Urbana to O’Hare Airport in Chicago inside a limo van thinger…... Three hours

Finding out our 10:42 a.m. flight was delayed to 6 p.m. ...... Flabbergasting

Breakfast with the $7 voucher…... Free

Chilling inside the first-class private lounge area w free food…... $300

Finding out our 6 p.m. delayed flight got delayed 30 more minutes…... Hopelessening

Watching the Flight Info board go from 6:30 to 7 to 7:30 p.m. ...... Maddening

Traveling from Chicago to Shanghai…... Three movies, three meals, 13 hours

Checking into our hotel at 1 o’clock Thursday morning…... Relieving

Settling into our rooms at 2 a.m. Thursday (1 p.m. Weds in U.S.) almost 48 hours after leaving Champaign-Urbana…... PRICELESS.