TUESDAY
We were up very early, 5:30 to go to the Great Wall!! Our tour took us to the Great Wall where we spent over 2 hours climbing (literally) the wall. The stairs really do go straight up!! They also told us to be careful coming back down because of how steep and dangerous it can be when your legs are tired. Genious I am started to fall and did one of those falling sit-downs so I would not tumble down the rest of the way. The part of the wall we climbed, JuYongGuan Pass, was mostly stairs, some a foot high!!! Our legs and butts got a great workout that day!! I have a new theory about being in shape, you can't say you are in good shape unless you can climb the Great Wall without much difficulty!!
I told you the stairs were straight up!!!This is the four of us on top of the wall!!
We Made It!!!
After the Great Wall we had a chinese lunch, visited the Jade Factory, the Ming Tombs (where the Emperors, Empresses, and concubines from the Ming Dynasty are buried), and the Silk Factory.
Upon returning to the Hostel we freshened up and met Eyal and Alon at SanLiTun, (a more Americanized strip), where we met for some food, drinks, dancing, and fun! We met many other foreign people. It is the place where foreigners in China go to talk and "get away"! It was good to talk to people and not have to explain everything you say or talk sloooowly!!
WEDNESDAY
We went to the Forbidden City. In the center of Beijing where many of the Emperors lived. The place is huge. Every time we passed through one part of the garden we reached an area that had three or more places to choose from. It seemed as though every palace led to yet another one or temple. It is remarkable to think that the Emperors took all that space in the middle of the city for themselves, thinking in America there is no way they would get away with that!!
2 comments:
Sounds like a wonderful adventure. Sounds like my Sarah - goes to Beijing and eats at Starbucks!
Sarah - you rocked the wall, now shock the wall! You go! You get to Beijing and sit in an American coffee shop for hours! I wish I could be there with you! Jeannine says hi!
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