Sunday, March 15, 2009

Catching up..






Since I had so much trouble accessing our previous blog I have about 3 months to catch up on. I will start with Thanksgiving. We thought it might be difficult to stay in Tianjin on the first major holiday away from home so we decided to go to Beijing. So, we headed off to the train station and somehow were successful in buying train tickets for the family. We stayed in a hostel located in the hutong (old city) section of Beijing not far from the Forbidden City. It was a dorm-style room with its own bathroom with no amenities but was perfect for us since we were only there to sleep. We reconnected with our guide from our last time in China, Mr. Lei, and had a great time showing the kids the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, an acrobat show and a great Beijing duck dinner! The kids really enjoyed learning about China's history and enjoyed getting out of the city to climb the Wall.