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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Originally posted on Sunday, November 6, 2005
Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:40 AM CST
Subject: Day 2
Today was a day filled with sight-seeing and touring here in and around Beijing. We started out this morning with breakfast in our hotel. The breakfast was a very good buffet style, that featured both American and Chinese dishes.
We met our guide and our group at 8:30 am and we were off to the Summer Palace. We were able to see a little more of the grounds of the Summer Palace this time than we did on our first trip. It is a very beautiful area and if we get our laptop working we will share a few photos with you.
After the Summer Palace, we went to the Pearl Factory near the Summer Palace where you can buy fresh water pearls that were raised in the lake on the grounds of the Summer Palace. We then had lunch at a nice buffet style restaurant beside the Pearl Factory.
In the afternoon we toured the Great Wall. Although we have been to the Great Wall before, we got to tour a different section of the wall this time, so it made it even more interesting. We were at one of the most popular sections of the wall called Badaling. Since there are so many tourist that visit this section of the wall, there
were many souvenir shops around this area.
The weather has been very nice today, yet just slightly chilly. It was sunny all day and very clear for viewing the Great Wall. I'm guessing the temperature was around 55 degrees farenheit, which was very nice, but a little chilly since there was a brisk wind all day as well.
On the way back to Beijing, we visited a Silk factory. We got to take a tour and see how they harvest the silk. And of course had a chance to purchase many silk items after the tour.
We then ate dinner and arrived back at our hotel around 8:00 pm. We are all pretty tired and ready for bed.
Tomorrow our group will be touring the Forbidden City or Tianamen Square and then heading to the airport to fly to Nanchang. We, however, will be meeting our new guide at 8:00 am tomorrow morning, who will be taking us to the Beijing Childrens Welfare Institute to meet our new daughter Nikole (Xue Zheng). Please keep us in your
prayers and pray that Nikole's transition will go smoothly.
Emilie, mommy and daddy love you and miss you very much. We will be meeting your little sister tomorrow. :)
Hope everyone is doing well. When we post our next message we will be parents of two. :)
Love,
Steve and Lisa
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