Beijing, China

We went to Beijing and the first night we rode on a pedicab to someone's house for dinner. We ate good food such as rice, some vegetables and meats, such as down below. We also had tea.





Then the next day, we went to the Forbidden City and there were many fake mountains made from rocks that had washed up from the sea.


And there were beautiful buildings which were painted about 90% red.




Then we got a panda hat in Tianamen Square.


Next we went to an orphanage where we played tug-of-war with them (and they won).


Then we painted a wall [at the orphanage] but my coat got so dirty with paint that I couldn't paint it anymore.

At the orphanage, I saw a huge hare but in photos his eyes turned out red. Mom fixed the photo, though.

After that we ate dinner where they had Peking duck. And I really liked it.


The panda hats were really popular!


The next day we went to this place and after we came out it was snowing lightly. And then we left for the Great Wall. But before we got there it stopped snowing...so we had to go to the Great Wall without snow. When we got there, it almost looked new. Then we got on the cable cars and went up. The Great Wall went up and down and we took many pictures.




Almost every person who was on the Great Wall snickered at our panda bear hats. It was quite a scene.

Then we hiked from Station 8 to Station 6. Then we took the toboggan down, which was very fun.

One of the students we know had almost no one in front of her and almost no one behind her because they had all gone ahead so she went full speed and all the Chinese people who were supposed to check to make sure she was not going too fast yelled at her, but she did not mind.
When we got down, I got a new pair of gloves.

Then we went to an acrobatic performance, which was amazing. They were pretending to be birds and they even had real, live macaws.






Then we went to dinner in Beijing.


The next morning we went to the Temple of Heaven, which was pretty cool.


Then we had a tea ceremony. The types of tea I liked best were tea water and fruit tea.

Then we flew to Shang Hai, where we went back to the ship and unpacked.