(this top tidbit is from Sophie!)
Day 2 in Beijing. First of all, it was very boring! We went to summer place and temple of heaven. It's kind of related to forbidden city, because the empower built it, and they talk a lot about the dragon lady and the style was the same as the forbidden city, especially at the temple of heaven. There are some things u might want to get for our children so they don't get bored while walking a long way. And then they won't complain at u so much. You should get one of these two things: a bouncy ball on a string, that u can buy at either place, and that are all over the place in Beijing. Or a toy hat you kick with your feet, you play it like a hackiesack. We saw lots of people exercising at the temple of heaven.
We went to lunch near our hotel at a Chinese restaurant. We had fried rice, Kung Pau chicken and noodles. We took a cab ride home.
At 7:45 we went to the show, "legend of Kung fu". It was a Kung fu show, but kind of dangerous, 90% dangerous. Because they Had one guy on top of swords, then they put spikes on top of him.
(now from Michelle)
We were so tired after the summer palace. It was pretty cool day temperature wise all day, but towards the end it was steaming up. The amount of people at the summer palace was still shocking. Once again, Sophie and James were attracting a lot of attention, with pictures and such being taken. Sophie was amused by her ball, James was taking pictures like a mad man, and Alice was telling me all sorts of info about the palace and park. It was interesting, but hard to remember how it all fits together. Alice was a super great guide, though.
We got back to the hotel, took showers, and had about an hour before the Kung fu show started. So we grabbed a sandwich in one of the hotel restaurants (of course not good and way overpriced, but we expected that). But it was food, and it worked. I'm already missing eating dinner at home, and being able to have the kind of healthy stuff I like. The Chinese food has been really really good, but I'm missing my salads and fruit and yogurt stuff.
The Kung fu show was much better than I expected, but I still couldn't stay awake for it. I nodded off throughout the 1 1/2 hr show. But the guys were pretty amazing from what I saw!
We got back to the hotel, all were sleeping by 9, thank God! And all had our first full night sleep.
Oh, and having Alice with us is awesome! Not having to struggle with the language, figure out where or when to go places is just a treat. Like she even went with us to the kungfu show. Got us a cab, bought our tickets, showed us to our seats, and then was there waiting for us when it was over. Guess that must be what it is like to be a celebrity. It's sweet!
Tomorrow is Great Wall, then fly to he fei in the evening.getting so so close to Cora!!!
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