it. We started at the Summer Palace, which was really beautiful. It was
also nice to be on the lake for a little while - the air seemed a little
bit better there. From there, we went to see the Olympic venues - the
Birds Nest, the Water Cube, and the Olympic Green. Mara is a huge fan of
the Olympics - the entire time the Beijing games were going on, we kept
watching and talking about how someday we would get to go there - today
was the day! It was really spectacular.
After the Olympic sites, we got back in the car with our guide (who
we've nicknamed "Chatty Cathy") and our driver (who we've nicknamed
"Wrong Way Roger")...of course, we got lost again. Every time. It's
almost impressive. Almost. We had lunch at an actual restaurant today -
not a tour guide stop - but lunch was still ordered for us. We also
toured the Lama Temple (very interesting) and rode a rickshaw through
Hutong Lane (one of the oddest things we have ever done).
I'm glad that we decided to visit Beijing, but we're ready to leave. We
fly to Kunming tomorrow (it's about a 3 1/2 hour flight) - Hannah, here
we come!
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1 comments:
Great posts! I'm so jealous of the Hutong Lane rickshaw ride. (I read a book about that area just recently.) I'm counting the hours along with you, imagining Kunming all over again. It is 4:40 am Sunday your time. In just hours you will be a family of three. Just five weeks ago, we were in your shoes. Exactly. What a ride.
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