Friday, May 11, 2012

touring beijing day 1

had lots of fun today!  got to ride in rickshaws thru the Hutongs and toured a Hutong.   visited Tianamen square and the Forbidden city.   the kids did great again with tons of walking. paul and i are enjoying the food,  but  other than breakfast (great big breakfast buffet)  the kids aren't eating real well,  so getting grumpy by the end of the day. 



                                                do you see her cub playing under her foot?  

gavin is taking tons of photos with his camera so can't wait to see the trip thru his eyes.  we have 12? families in our group so lots of neat people we are getting to know.  some have brought their kids ( or some of them)  so the kids are enjoying some new friends. 


 silk factory,  here the ladies are stretching the silk to make a quilt.

tommorrow is the Great Wall.  have always wanted to see it so can't wait .   can't believe we meet Jun in just a few days,  seems unreal after the long wait!!      we are exhausted still from traveling,  the kids are passing out at dinner and falling into bed :-)  

4 comments:

  1. That was a big day! Everyone should sleep much better tonight! Hope the kids find something they like to eat. Gotta rest up for the Great Wall. It's a looooot of climbing! :-) Good night!

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  2. Hello everyone, Sounds like you are seeing alot and having a blast. Don't worry you will catch up on the sleep, the photo's are great, keep them coming with more of you guys in them :) Love you !!

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  3. Tell Gavin to take a lot of pics of the Great Wall for Maddi - she is so excited about your China visit - when she gets home from school today, she'll get to see these, which are some good ones! We even were out on the deck when your plane passed over -waving our fool hands off!!! It was a beaut of a morning and we were catching glimpses of all planes as you all came right over the house!! I believe! - didn't you see us waving????

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  4. Wow! Great day!!!! Glad you're having a good time!!!!

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