...and off I bloggin' go

Unaccustomed as I am to public blogging, I start. In about 24 hours, all being well, I'll be landing in Pudong Airport in Shanghai, to be met by one of those signs you see people holding in films with a name on, only this time it'll be mine - "Matt Marks" is what it'll hopefully say and I'll be whisked off to my accommodation in The Childrens' Art Theatre of Shanghai. It's going to be quite an adventure and I'll explain more about it as I go along. I have my mandarin phrase books, my trusty Hohner student accordion, my MacBook and my nose flute (no, really) and I'm set to go. And now a little sleep before heading off to Heathrow...