Jet lag is a funny thing. As dead tired as I was last night, I woke up at midnight feeling ready to get up. I made myself stay in bed and doze for a while. Evan woke up around 3 am and tried hard to go back to sleep, but in the end we let her play her DS and stay quiet. We all got up about 4:30 am – even Mike!
After a great breakfast, we were off to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Olympic Park, Cloisonne factory and the Great Wall. What a great but exhausting day! We think the sun was shining but couldn’t tell because the smog is so thick. We had a nice stroll through the Forbidden City and across the street to Tiananmen Square. Evan and Macy have formed such a bond and played the whole time. They adore each other. We all got to rub the knobs on one of the huge doors for good luck. (Have you seen the Karate Kid, yet?) We got almost to the other side of the Forbidden City, and then the military came in and started forcing everyone out of the area. Apparently some important official was coming through. We learned the real meaning of a Chinese Fire Drill. There had to have been several hundred people funneling through a fairly narrow area.
15 years ago
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