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Friday, January 4, 2013 This could possibly be one of the longest days of our lives. The flight was uneventful but long! By the time we landed it was just past midnight on the 4th. We lost a whole day, which was weird. We ended up at the Poly Plaza hotel around 2am after meeting our guide Grace and the DeForest family from Louisiana at the airport. We took the advice from a wise person that said, just follow the time zone you're in. We all "slept" and got up and at 'em at our regular time. We ventured to Starbucks (of course) and then to Wu Mart for bottled water. The real fun began after that. We went on a tour of the oldest area of Beijing (Hutong District) and had lunch at the home of Mr. Liu and family. It was so interesting and the food was great! We then took a rickshaw tour and ended up at the drum tower. We climbed nearly 70 steps to watch the drum show. We then went to a traditional Chinese tea ceremony and learned a ton about tea. Finally, an acrobatic show and then back to the hotel. Wow, we're pooped! Tomorrow--The Forbidden City, The Great Wall and Tiananmen Square! 2 more sleeps to Libby!

At the Poly Plaza Hotel Brynn finds Oreos at Wu Mart

Grace (our guide) and the DeForest Family from Louisiana


Lunch with a local family in the Hutong District


Dana and Brynn in their Rickshaw


Many Steps to climb to get to the top of the Drum Tower

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