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| Tiananmen Square |
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| Love seeing adorable children with their parents...can't WAIT!! |
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| The Forbidden City (the Imperial Palace for the Ming and Qing dynasties, so... the Emperor's Palace) |
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| A room in one of the 980 buildings at the Forbidden City. (No, we didn't visit them all!) |
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| Rickshaw Ride...a nice way to experience Old Town Beijing! |
On Day Two we walked/climbed the Great Wall of China, visited a jade-carving factory, took our bus through Olympic Park where we saw the Water Cube, Bird's Nest, Diamond Stadium, etc from the 2008 Olympics. Then we went to an amazing Acrobatics Show.
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| The Great Wall |
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| The view...and to think there is 5,000 more miles of WALL! |
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| Olympic Water Cube and Bird's Nest |
Curt & I took a walk from our hotel and explored the night market. This is where we saw a huge line of street vendors who are offering a variety of foods to deep-fry for you. This included scorpions, spiders, snakes, small sharks, silkworm chrysalis, grasshoppers, huge 8-10" centipede-looking things, squid or octopus, and all sorts of fruits and meats, all conveniently skewered on a stick. It was a great place to take photos, but none of us were brave enough to take a bite!
We have a ton more photos from our sight-seeing, but I will wait until we arrive home to share more.
Each day I have been enjoying the sights but longing to meet my daughter. In the morning we will take a 2-hr flight to the capital city of her province, and we will finally be able to open her suitcase, set up her crib, and prepare for Adoption Day! We will meet her on Monday! That means while you are all sleeping on Sunday night, our new daughter will be placed in our arms! Please pray for her transition and that bonding will happen easily! WE have already bonded with HER over the past 3 months of waiting, but she will have no idea what is happening and why her whole world is turning upside down!
We will post a photo with her at the first wifi we get! (Probably back at the hotel that night...) Now I must try to sleep and work on getting over this jetlag...it's 3 am here... good night!
