Saturday,
November 8, 2014
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wishes each morning.
Today was our last full day in Beijing. We are all finally
adjusting to the time change. We are really enjoying the
company of all the families that we are here with in Beijing.
We met our guide at 830 am. Our first stop was Tiananmen square.
This is a vast open square with lots of history.
There were lots of people gathered in the square. Chairman Mao's
picture can be seen on one end of the square with the Forbidden
City in the background. We took a group photo on the square. We
got lucky and the water show was going on at front of the
entrance.
Steve has a coworker who now works in Beijing and he met us at
the entrance of Forbidden City and went on the tour with us.
The kids had lots of fun with their new friends while the
parents tried to listen to some of the history of the Forbidden
city.
The size of it is massive with more than 9995 rooms. Most of the
rooms were for the mistresses for the Emperor. Lots of history
in China and every step, statue and architecture has meaning.
We ate another amazing lunch. The food seemed to keep coming.
The kids got a bit grossed out when they brought a fish out with
the head and tail still on the plate. Zoe had no problem digging
in.
Lastly we visited a silk factory and learned how they collected
the silk from a silkworm. It was amazing to see how it's done.
Now we are back in the room packing up our bags for our trip to
Hope's province tomorrow!
Less than two days! |
Our family at Tiananmen square
Tiananmen square
Architecture at Forbidden City
The Massive grounds of the Forbidden city |
