Arrival

Beijing was jet-lag city. Matthew woke up the first day at 3:00 AM, and he was ready to party, leaping on every twitch and blink with cries of glee. We reset our clocks nicely the next night, though, with an overnight train ride to Wuhan. That worked out very nicely; we had our own tiny, but comfortable, compartment (William was very excited by the bunk beds, and slept happily in the top bunk), and the rocking and muted clattering of the train made it impossible not to sleep. We were still a little sleepy in Wuhan, but more or less on the local schedule.