Starting Eastwrd

I'm leaving Xiamen shortly back to Shanghai. I get so confused about directions! I keep thinking I'm looking west when I look at the ocean, but I'm really looking east. And when I head back home, I won't be flying west like I'm used to but flying east, at least until I pass the International Date Line.

I've been walking around the city and the beaches as much as I can, but by about 2:00 PM it is too hot and humid to do anything, but take a nap until 5:oo or so, so I'm pretty rested up from the fast pace we set with the group. Last night I had dinner with a couple from Canada. They have an architect firm in Montreal and in Shanghai. We ate on the rooftop restaurant here in the hotel. I'll send photos up when I get to Shanghai. Hope everyone has safe and fun travels to Mexico, NYC, the mountains and the beach. The nice cool mountains and ocean breezes of WA STATE sounds pretty nice to me right now. Matt, how's things?? I'll write from Shanghai,

Steph