Visa to China Complete, Grand Hyatt Bound

What a difference a day makes, the last six have been stressed filled. My visa for China was delivered to Fed Ex and is due to arrive early in the morning, thanks Visa Express for coming through! Mrs. St John is finding me better tempered and the cats aren’t running every time I walk by. I have allowed myself a good look at the itinerary for this historic first press trip between the two Chinas, Mainland and Taiwan. Grand Hyatt is doing most of the hosting and after checking them out in the cities of Beijing and Shanghai online I couldn’t be more excited.

Hotels are my thing and I love checking them out and I cannot wait to sit in my huge marble tub looking over the skyline of Shanghai, the hotel is on the 53 to 87 floors of the Jin Mao Tower. It was once the tallest hotel in the world but it looks as if the other Hyatt in the Shanghai World Financial Tower is a few floors taller. Word is that we will split our stay at both. I have to laugh at myself a bit because of the amazing and usually off limit places we will be seeing on this trip. But after waiting for several sleepless nights to see if I could get my visa in time, I can appreciate a few great places to bed down.