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Friday, May 24, 2013 Everyone’s thoughts and prayer worked.. we made it!!! Wow! What an amazing two days! We left Dulles at 12:25 pm on Wednesday, and landed in Beijing around 2:10pm on Thursday. The flight was super smooth and we met a really nice man named Charlie as well. Our guide, Linda met us at the airport as soon as we walked out from getting our luggage. She was holding a sign with Tony’s name on it. We had great plans of going to get dinner, however, we both went to sleep immediately! Our hotel (Marriott :Beijing City Wall) is amazing and much fancier than any hotel we have ever stayed at in the states! We got up very early (4:30 am) this morning and did face time with several friends which was totally awesome!! Around 7:30 am we went upstairs for breakfast. Oh my goodness was it good. I had dragon fruit for the first time and Tony loved the other fruit. Afterwards, we met our guide, Shirley, who is very, very nice. We headed to the Forbidden City and learned so many wonderful historical facts about the Emperor and about Beijing in general! Next, we went to a Tea House. It was super nice. We purchased several different really nice teas and cannot wait to share them with friends at home. We cannot wait for you to see the “pee-pee” boy who helps you decide when the water is hot enough to make tea. Incredibly funny and functional. Next, we went to the Beijing Zoo and saw the beautiful Pandas. Truly nothing like seeing a Panda in China! Finally, we went to the Beijing Chaoyang Theater Acrobatics World show. We have never before seen anything like this show. I don’t really know words to describe it except amazing talent! We then learned that DC has nothing on Beijing when it comes to traffic. I wish I had a driver like Mr. Lee to drive me around in DC! He did an incredible job. We are now back at the hotel and about to go eat dinner downstairs and then come back and dream of Monday when we get our little boy!

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