Our First full day in Beijing

We got up around 7am after off and on sleep. We Skyped with Jalane, Kortney/Kids/Rick, Jim & Pauline, Kendra. We went down and ate at the breakfast buffet. We then walked down to Wal-mart and bought 2 bottles of water and 2 bottle cokes for just over $1. Getting ready to meet for our noon tour.

We tried to get into Tinement Square, but  they had congressional meetings going on. There were police and soldiers everywhere and lots of areas we could not go. So we went the forbidden city where the emperor use to live. It was a lot of walking, but a lot of history and amazing buildings.

We then went to a Tea Room where we tasted 5 different teas. Of course they had shops for you to buy the different teas, pots and cups. They had really nice things, but not sure how much of it would stay in one piece on the ride home. We drove past a big stadium where a soccer match was getting ready to start. We saw all the vendors out on the street. We then went to an acrobat show which had some amazing acts.

Lastly we took the family from New York to the restaurant that we ate at last night because they had nice point at picture menus. We pretty much ordered the same thing since it was good last night. Tomorrow we are going to The Great Wall and hopefully it doesn’t rain too much.