Day Trip Photos 4!!

Trip Photos 3!!!

More Trip Photos 2!!!!

Trip Day Photos!!!

Well, Sandy just did a post for everyone, now it's my turn. Today was busy day. We started off in T-Man Square, then walked over to the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City was a walking tour that took a while, it's an amazing sight to see with it's history. After touring the Forbidden City we took a short bus ride over to the Hutong(Water Well, now small street) district. Once we arrived we rode on the Rickshaws. At the end of the ride we stopped at the Bell Tower and were shown the proper tea making and drinking techniques. Samples were provided of everything made. So the pictures are a little bite of everything from today. I will try and place them in order. I hope everyone is enjoying the journey with us! Till next time.....Brent

P.S. I had to throw in a few fun photos...(theres a 4 star bathroom at the Forbidden City)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!!!!

Yes today is Kaleigh's birthday she is 1 and we are heartbroken that we can't be with her but we promise to make it up to her tomorrow, after she stops kicking and screaming. We have been told that the babies from our province are very "angry". Don't know what that means but hopefully the anger goes away soon. I know you have all been keeping up with us and that you have been getting Brent's witty humor instead of mine but hope you are enjoying the pictures. We are having a great time but it is definitely a different world here. You know you are in a foreign country. We did go out to dinner last night with some friends and we went to a Chinese restaurant and no one spoke English. Food was good and they managed to understand us and we them. I was very proud of myself for doing this. We have now had two official Chinese meals and while they were both closer to American Chinese than what most eat here they were wonderful. I do think we will skip out on the social scene tonight and pack since we are leaving for the airport at 5:30 am tomorrow. More from Brent later with pictures and his thoughts for the day. Love you all and to everyone leaving comments thanks for the support and we love reading the comments so keep them coming.

Last photos from Wall day....

Till next time....

More Wall

The camel was in the parking lot for the section of Great Wall we were at...The guy was charging for pictures, but we got in some pictures before he knew what was happening.....