I’m so relieved and happy that our entire trip went incredibly smoothly yesterday. With a 5 hour layover in Shanghai we went to look for an airport lounge we could hang out in for a few hours.

I feel super lucky that I was able to fit in another trip out to Asia this year. About a month ago, I was groaning about studying for finals.

It took about 34 hours from leaving the hostel to arriving to my doorstep in Minneapolis.

The train conductor made announcements at 5:30am this morning which woke me up. I slept like a rock last night, with the slight train movements, it felt like I was being rocked to sleep.

I’m writing this blog on the train right now and I’m so freaking happy right now, I love riding trains!!!