Sunday: Time to fly home!!! We were on our own this morning and just needed to be in the hotel by noon. I spent the morning with one last taxi ride around the city and a walk. The walk was by an area called the Bund. This was a waterfront area overlooking Pudong. Really beautiful section of the city. Sunday morning is just like any other day of the week in Shanghai. All the stores were open and the people were dancing and exercising in large open areas. I stayed and watched a large portion of people couples dancing like you would see on the TV show “Dancing with the Stars”. The music changed between ballroom style to country. When the country music played they all started Texas Two Stepping and it was sort of a weird moment. I am in Shanghai China watching a couple of hundred people two stepping to American Country music at an outside market place. Oh by the way, I did have a Starbucks coffee in my hand as I watched them dance. We got to the airport by 1:30 to catch a 3:55 flight. Boarded the plane and off to Chicago. This time the plane flew directly over Tokyo and back around the world south of Alaska. I looked out of the window at Midnight China time and it was bright sunshine of morning south of Alaska. We are to land in Chicago around 4:00 in the afternoon and will catch another flight into Cleveland. I should be at my home by 11:00pm on Sunday evening. I can;t wait to see my boys and other family members. That also means my Prospect School family as well. See you on Tuesday.

It really was a once in a lifetime trip. I had the opportunity to experience day to day life in China and was allowed to learn about their school system from the inside. I will be changed forever as far as becoming more open-minded about other cultures. People really are pretty similar with the only major barrier being different languages. I have met great new friends who would welcome any of us into their homes and treat us with more respect and caring than anyone would imagine. SEE YOU TUESDAY AT PROSPECT!!!