Tiffany: The plane ride home was long. We had two layovers, one in Korea and one in LAX. Oddly, and I say oddly, it was a very smooth route security-wise. Even leaving China, I was not questioned, searched, pulled over — you get the point. Coming back to LA was fun. It was great to finally order some food and be able to communicate with the person behind the register. However, upon arriving at the gate, I saw McDonald’s — I hope not to eat there for years. In Beijing I definitely ate at McDonald’s five or six times, mostly because food in the Olympic Green was not good. One time I ate there because that was the only place open late.

Best of all, there was no humidity in LA. We had to walk outside to get from the international to the domestic terminal, and the skies were blue!

– Tiffany.