China trip

Dear Friends,

A few things:

1.  For those obtaining their own visas:

 

It is likely that each of you will have a different experience.  In the end, as long as you are in the country merely to give them money, they are happy to let you in.

 

 Miriam Stern wrote:

We went to the Chinese Embassy in NY today to get our visas. Just to let you know they insisted we give an address to the hotel we listed, Radisson Blu. We were able to find it, so there was no problem. Perhaps it would be a good idea to forward it to the other travelers. East Beisanhuan Rd. 6A-Chaoyang District.  

2.  I found a terrific app that I have put on my iPod.  It is a Chinese dictionary- you type in the English word and it gives you a list of Chinese equivalents, often in context of sentences.  You may find this helpful sometime if you have an iPad, iPhone or any device that will load it.  All of the information sits on your device, so it is not dependent on WIFI

App Store - Pleco Chinese Dictionary

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3.  Try not to get into trouble by mapping the country...

http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/06/content_14770002.htm

4.  The travelers from Israel

will be meeting on Tuesday evening.  You are reminded to bring  

A.  The passport you will be using (hopefully Israeli) with at least 6 months left             until it expires.

B.  A passport picture

C.  Means of paying the balance of the cost of the tour (credit card/check/cash)

At the meeting we will go over all of the details of the tour and you will receive an instruction sheet.

5.  On Wednesday I will mail the same sheet to the travelers from outside of Israel.  It will be very detailed, but you may still have questions.  You are welcome to contact me by mail.  I also am available on skype  as Rona Michelson.  If you don't have skype and still want to talk, my home number is 972 8970 7684.  Please remember that we are 6 hours later than you (until next Friday when we will be 7 hours later than you).

Behind the scenes,  Aaron and I and the Shai Bar Ilan staff are working hard to make sure this tour will be even more amazing that what you expect.

Warm regards and shabbat shalom,

Rona