I was so happy that all four of us were able to get to sleep on time the first night in Beijing since we had to get down to breakfast and then meet George for our tours!
Grant and Cara finally passed out on night one in Beijing!
We weren't about to miss the breakfast!!
The breakfast was great--lots of choices, including "Western things" but we opted for the Chinese breakfast items!
Our room was great, but very small!
Doing the Peace sign, which we saw a lot in Japan and it also seems to be popular in China!
Off to sightsee, starting with Rickshaw rides!
Our guide, George (obviously his "American name", not his Chinese name!) said we as a group would be called "Sticky Rice" so that we can all stick together and he is "Sticky Chopsticks". Too funny!
The entire rickshaw ride was only $3 USD. If I was one of the drivers I'd prefer to drive around Chinese tourists--they weigh less!
We went to a Chinese home--but this seemed to be a home of a family who had some money and probably didn't represent how the majority of Chinese people live.
The home owner is an artist and he had some beautiful artwork in his studio!
On to the Silk Factory! Grant and Cara were SO thrilled to have kids to hang out with on the tours!
The silk comforters were SO nice! I really wish I could've bought this red one, but it was about $500 USD, which was just too much to be spending on an adoption trip! Maybe one day we can come back and I'll buy this comforter then!
Look at the DVD's on either side of the Obama DVD!
"Would you like to buy a watch?" (poor Phillip, the guy really wanted him to buy a watch, and followed him all the way to the bus!)
Lunch!
Next stop....Tiananmen Square! I am going to do a separate post for it!
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