Upgrades, gambling and staying cool in Beijing

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:44:06 BST

bbc.co.uk Accessibility Links Skip to content Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to search Access keys help bbc.co.uk Navigation Search Home TV Radio Talk Where I Live A-Z Index Skip to main content Access keys help Help Contact us Paralympics 2008 Main Next Upgrades , gambling and staying cool in Beijing Natalie Jones 3 Sep 08, 12:44 PM We are finally in Beijing after acclimatising in Macau and we are on to the serious bit the Games . themselves My flight from London to Hong Kong was great . I upgraded to business class or World Traveller Plus , as it is called now and it was . amazing I felt like a bit of a muppet though as I had never flown business class before and was a bit out of place , but it was good . I had my own little area where I could put my feet up and relax . I was most looking forward to the actual sleeping because you can never get comfy on a plane , can you I was just grateful I could lie down I think I had a full eight hours of sleep . I was really pleased about that , because sometimes I don't even get that at home . Training has been going great so far . The first two days in Macau we only trained in the afternoon as we were all tired and needed our sleep .