On Tuesday night we departed from the Beijing Railway Station on a train bound for Hongzhou, the "honeymoon capital" of China and the site of the inspiring West Lake. We spent about an hour in the station before boarding, watching Chinese travelers sleep on mats on the floor, eat at McDonalds, and generally wait for their trains. At this point in the trip, waiting for transportation is not an unusual experience. An overnight train, however, was new for almost everyone in our group. When we stepped onto the platform at 6:45, we found our car.
