1st Day-Tinanmen square, Forbidden City Walls, peal factory, lunch, Inner Forbidden City
2nd Day-Church, Lunch, Summer Palace, Jade factory, Acrobat show
3rd Day-Sacred Way, lunch, Great Wall
4th Day-Temple of Heaven, silk factory, lunch, old Bejing tour on rickshaw, Olympic sites.
China from the window of our hotel room. Beautiful!
China is beautiful and very very clean, doesn't seem like a 3rd world county at all. Very green with rivers, trees and vegitation everywhere, with skyscrapers.
1st Day-
First we visited Tinanmen Square- which is one of the largest public squares in the world (98 acres).
Chairman Mao-Tinanmen Square. Here we saw thousands and thousands of people waiting in line to pay there respects for there leader Chairman Mao.
Guards
Chines guy and Ben in Tinanmen Square. Chines love young Americans. He asked to have a photo taken with Ben.
The Forbidden City was built in the 15th century which is a hugh city that housed the emperors and all there concubines. There are 6 walls and a mote that surround the actual city to protect the emperors.
Emepior chambers in the forbidden city.
It is amazing all the hand made architechture and detail that the chines people have done.
They have receintly re-hand painted most of the forbidden palace.
I don't think that I have walked this much in my entire life what we did in this one day. My feet were so sore that I canceled my message scheduled for that night, But Ben really enjoyed his.
forbidden city- is hugh, when the chines do something they certainly know how to do it BIG.
Chines traditional lunch. Seats about 8-10 people, they bring 10-15 different dishes out on a rotating glass table, and you try a little of everything. This was our first lunch and by far the best tasting. Except the part where they brought out a fully intacted fish. Shea then decided he would try and make me nausous by eating the two eye balls out of the fishes head.
2nd Day–
Summer Palace
The lake behind us is man made; they dumped all the dirt from the man made lake to creat the mountains surrounding us.
Summer palace where the kings spent there time in the summer.
Family photo at the Summer Palace which is listed as one of the world UNESCO World Heritage Sites and ranked as one of the finest classical gardens in the world. Spring was in full bloom.
We made sure to get grandpa a wheel chair, after the first day of miles and miles of walking. Here's the boys lifting him over some stairs.
3rd Day –
The sacred way; witch is lined with the sacred statues of animals and soldiers. Also where 13 of Chinas emperor's are in tomb.
This staute is gigantic my dad and Mac are pretty tall, but this guy would crush them.
Sacred way: our kung fu fighting skills.
Ben and Jess petting the tutrle head to bring good luck. The chines are super superstitious.
I love the Chines look at all these bikes. The majority are motorized. Fun hun.
Ben on the GREAT WALL
The Great Wall on a clear gourgous day.
The Great Wall-Winding across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, the Great Wall of China stretches over 4,000 miles. We climbed a section of the Great Wall, yes it is great. The wall is massive.
4th Day-
The Temple of Heaven- which is now a senior center/beautiful park. Elderly Chinese come by the thousands daily to exercise and to participate in Chinese cultural activities. We even got to participate in some of the activities.
warriors at the old Beijing museum
how stinken cute
our little rickshaw ride; touring the old streets of Beijing.
The men at the silk factory
I had to at least try one on. This one cost $450.00 us dollars needs less to say We didn't buy one, but we did invest in a couple of silk comforters for our beds. I haven't been able to use mine yet, but Ben loves loves loves his.
The Bird Nest- where part of the olympics were held.
The Cube
Jess and grandpa in chines hats
Make sure you carry your own toilet paper with you in china, or your out of luck.
Imagine using these being 6 months pregnant. Lets just say i dreaded using there toilets every two hours.
All of us had fun with the wheel chair.
China is beautiful and very very clean, doesn't seem like a 3rd world county at all. Very green with rivers, trees and vegitation everywhere, with skyscrapers.
1st Day-
First we visited Tinanmen Square- which is one of the largest public squares in the world (98 acres).
Chairman Mao-Tinanmen Square. Here we saw thousands and thousands of people waiting in line to pay there respects for there leader Chairman Mao.
Guards
Chines guy and Ben in Tinanmen Square. Chines love young Americans. He asked to have a photo taken with Ben.
The Forbidden City was built in the 15th century which is a hugh city that housed the emperors and all there concubines. There are 6 walls and a mote that surround the actual city to protect the emperors.
Emepior chambers in the forbidden city.
It is amazing all the hand made architechture and detail that the chines people have done.
They have receintly re-hand painted most of the forbidden palace.
I don't think that I have walked this much in my entire life what we did in this one day. My feet were so sore that I canceled my message scheduled for that night, But Ben really enjoyed his.
forbidden city- is hugh, when the chines do something they certainly know how to do it BIG.
Chines traditional lunch. Seats about 8-10 people, they bring 10-15 different dishes out on a rotating glass table, and you try a little of everything. This was our first lunch and by far the best tasting. Except the part where they brought out a fully intacted fish. Shea then decided he would try and make me nausous by eating the two eye balls out of the fishes head.
2nd Day–
Summer Palace
The lake behind us is man made; they dumped all the dirt from the man made lake to creat the mountains surrounding us.
Summer palace where the kings spent there time in the summer. 
Family photo at the Summer Palace which is listed as one of the world UNESCO World Heritage Sites and ranked as one of the finest classical gardens in the world. Spring was in full bloom.
We made sure to get grandpa a wheel chair, after the first day of miles and miles of walking. Here's the boys lifting him over some stairs.
3rd Day –
The sacred way; witch is lined with the sacred statues of animals and soldiers. Also where 13 of Chinas emperor's are in tomb.
This staute is gigantic my dad and Mac are pretty tall, but this guy would crush them.
Sacred way: our kung fu fighting skills.
Ben and Jess petting the tutrle head to bring good luck. The chines are super superstitious.
I love the Chines look at all these bikes. The majority are motorized. Fun hun.
Ben on the GREAT WALL
The Great Wall on a clear gourgous day.
The Great Wall-Winding across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, the Great Wall of China stretches over 4,000 miles. We climbed a section of the Great Wall, yes it is great. The wall is massive.
4th Day-
The Temple of Heaven- which is now a senior center/beautiful park. Elderly Chinese come by the thousands daily to exercise and to participate in Chinese cultural activities. We even got to participate in some of the activities.
warriors at the old Beijing museum
how stinken cute
our little rickshaw ride; touring the old streets of Beijing.
The men at the silk factory
I had to at least try one on. This one cost $450.00 us dollars needs less to say We didn't buy one, but we did invest in a couple of silk comforters for our beds. I haven't been able to use mine yet, but Ben loves loves loves his.
The Bird Nest- where part of the olympics were held.
The Cube
Jess and grandpa in chines hats
Make sure you carry your own toilet paper with you in china, or your out of luck.
Imagine using these being 6 months pregnant. Lets just say i dreaded using there toilets every two hours.
All of us had fun with the wheel chair.
