June 30, 2007
48 Hour Day

I made it back to the US last night. The flight was okay, except for a nagging stomach ache throughout. I didn't realize until last night, but yesterday was a 48-hour day for me. I left Shanghai at 4pm yesterday, and arrived in Chicago at 4pm yesterday (This whole time-travel stuff is very odd... I slept in until Noon today). Janine picked me up at the airport, and we went directly from O'Hare to Michigan to celebrate Lauren's 21st birthday. We'll be here until tomorrow.

Overall, the trip was great. The culture shock wasn't as large as I thought it would be, but I did learn a few things (like how they do their family-style eating, their driving style, and the fact that every city block seems to have at least one major construction job including a crane). I do expect that I'll need to go back in the future, but I'm going to try and avoid business travel for the rest of the year. We'll see how well that idea works out. ;-)

Posted by Austin at June 30, 2007 11:44 AM
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