Hi Hao Beijing

YES, I have arrived in Beijing. After a 9 hour flight I arrived at a rainy Beijing.
The airport looks completely new and so very clean !! On board the flight was the dutch gymnastics team (Epke Zonderland and Suzanne Harmes) and 2 athletes from Ecuador and Perú! We all got to enter via the Olympic lane . . . I felt so sportive, and without shedding one pearl of sweat!! Beat all other passengers through customs, hahahaha. Beijing is much greener and cleaner than I expected. There is almost no traffic at the moment - because of the pollution problem. There is even a fast lane on the highway for the Olympics only - special pass required to drive on it. Feels very VIPish.

Hotel Chong Wen Men is an older Chienese hotel - many locals staying here too. It is in the middle of town, at a walkable distance of the Temple of Heaven and Tiannenmen square. I must say though that I started by catching up on my sleep. Today I will first meet the team at the Hyatt - where our guests will be staying and the Lenovo command centre is. Then wizz off to do some sightseeing as I officially start work on Aug 1st. I already met some of my fellow colleagues on the hospitality team last night and this morning - will be good to meet the rest. Funny how you can know someone for years and never have met them face to face. Great to see their faces at last.