It's Saturday already and we climbed the Great Wall today. "Climbed" is the word for it. The section we visited was quite steep. Some of the steps themselves were quite high.
Where is time going? Early mornings are spent keeping Ben from waking up the the whole 26 floor hotel at 5:00 AM. The breakfast buffet opens at 6:00 AM and I am always ready to go eat by that time of day - definitely a jet lag thing!
Ben's days include entertaining the crowd in our travel group. I am wondering how sharing the attention or the stroller is going to go over with him in a few days! There are several other children that he enjoys hanging out with.
We have had great weather here - sunshine and 83 degree days for exploring our neighborhood and finding places to eat and pick up groceries. I enjoy trying new foods and that includes the McDonald's menu. Taro pie and Lychee punch topped with ice cream were both yummy! I do think the strawberry milkshake tasted a bit like evaporated milk. It is great to come to the hotel breakfast buffet for some plain and simple Western food! One evening while walking around with two other couples we selected a Chinese restaurant that was not a recommendation from our guide. Brad asked if we could have forks since he does not like chopsticks. The waiter came back with 2 forks and explained they only have 2 forks; I think he meant in the entire restaurant.
We are also focusing on getting ready for the big day on Monday when we receive our children. Thank you for your prayers for this trip.
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ooh the weather sounds good. Did you have a lot of crowds at the Wall? I had heard that the traffic has been horrible
ReplyDeletethat section of the wall doesn't look like the one we did both times. of course, we froze to death in December and took the cable car!
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