What a day. It is cloudy and rainy. The perfect day to be at home in bed. I have been tempted multiple times today to just put my head down and sleep. Instead, I have been researching ticket options for our upcoming trip to Spain. I am always astounded by prices. But what can you do? In all my years of buying tickets, I still find the best prices directly on the airlines’ web pages. How about you? We will be traveling Shanghai to Madrid with a two day layover in Amsterdam. Damage? 9000RMB per person. Yikes.
Here at work it is b-o-r-i-n-g. The weather is not conducive to flight today and with no airplanes flying it is unnaturally quiet. When you are used to airplane engine’s running up and airplanes buzzing around, the quiet is enough to drive you crazy. The DH is freaking out. He hates being stuck on the ground with nothing to do.
We’ve been told we have a company dinner at 1830 this evening. I really have no idea what the dinner is for, but it might be to celebrate our school receiving permanent certification from the CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China). Our school is only the second in history to receive this certification, so it does seem to be a dinner-worthy accomplishment. Something tells me I am going to have to “empty my glass” a few times tonight, toasting to continued “harmony and cooperation.” 
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Two day layover? Aren’t those banned now? No. Sorry. I had 8 hours in Amserdam which I wasn’t supposed to have but there was a blizzard in Munich. I should have done one of those two hour city tours, but I didn’t know.
Que lo pasen super bien!
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I guess it’s not really considered a layover since we are arriving from Shanghai on one flight and then staying two days and flying on to Madrid. I guess it is more of a multi-stop flight. It did add about 100 Euros to the overall cost, which I don’t understand, but I confess to not understanding much about flight ticketing!
We just want to make the most of our time away from China and a stay in Amsterdam seemed like a bonus. I can’t wait to see the museums I missed the last time I was there. We’ve gone into the city on layovers longer than 4 hours. With the train it is easy to do!
Gracias por la visita y comentario!