I have had email messages, Skype chats and - wonder of wonders today - Skype video calls from HWMBO, who is so far loving his time in Shanghai. He did admit to some exhaustion, but looked pretty chipper in the circumstances. He and the rest of the group have been racing around to pack one heck of a lot of sightseeing into two days. Tomorrow, they leave very early in the am by plane for Xian.
He reports that his accommodations in Shanghai are quite spacious. He has an entire suite to himself, although other members of the group have stopped by to use his Skype account to call their own loved ones, after discovering how much less expensive Skype is. He also says that the food has been fantastic!
It's been fun with the time difference. It turns out that there are still six hours between us. But now I am actually six hours behind him, instead of being ahead of him by the same amount of time as usual. So while it is nearly 19:30 (7:30 pm) here, it is nearly 01:30 (1:30 am tomorrow) in Shanghai. I hope that he's getting some sleep!
My "assignment" while he is traveling is to view the French Open tennis matches for him. Yes, the annual tournament at Roland Garros began today. Swiss Stan Wawrinka and Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - who lives in Switzerland, actually quite close to where I do - both won their first round matches. Unfortunately, my fellow American, Andy Roddick, fell to another Frenchman. Poor Andy is one of many excellent tennis players who have been cursed by having to play tennis during the era of the awesome triumvirate of Novak, Rafa, and Roger, currently somewhat bunched together in that order. Even Andy Murray, who has a distinct lead over Tsonga, the fifth ranked player, is still some distance behind the top three.
Anyway, I'm taking my assignment seriously. Believe me, HWMBO will be checking up to see!
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