Saturday, November 25, 2006
TIANANMEN SQUARE, FORBIDDEN CITY and ACROBAT SHOW

After a shorts night’s sleep (gotta love jet lag) we were off to tour some more historical sites of Beijing. Standing in Tiananmen Square was surreal. Many Chinese do not know much of the history which took place there 17 years ago. We walked the length of the square, the largest public square in the world. From there, we toured the length of the Forbidden City, which was built in the early 1400’s as the center of government and a residence for the imperial family. Many of the buildings are being renovated to look their best by the Olympics in 2008. Later in the afternoon, we took in an incredible acrobat show.

Now we are packing up for our flight tomorrow morning to Jiangsu, Kristen’s province. We can hardly believe that we’re so close to finally holding our baby girl in our arms!

Thanks so much for your encouraging comments in our guestbook! We love hearing from you over here on the other side of the world.

More from Nanjing tomorrow!

Blessings,

Monte and Suzanne