The First Day
On the first day, the first thing we did was go to the Forbidden City, which is a part of Beijing that only the Emperor and his highest ranked officials could go in. In the Forbidden City, it was believed that there were 9,999 and 1/2 rooms but there is actually 8,704 rooms. While we were there, we explored the courtyards and various halls. Next we went to Tienamen Square, even though we didn't know we were there. After that we went to the Temple of Heaven and we walked through it.
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| palace at the forbidden city |
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| another palace at the forbidden city |
The Second Day
On the second day, we went to the Great Wall of China. We climbed up various hill through defense towers and up one VERY BIG hill. While there, we saw a lot of graffiti in one room and Eli and I made a video to explain the graffiti in a funny way. We called it GRA-FEE-TA, the ancient Chinese calligraphy. Then we went to an antique market but it wasn't the one we were looking for. So the kids stayed in the car.
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| the very big staircase |
The Third Day
On the third day, we went to the Beijing Zoo and saw pandas, hippos, rhinos, monkeys, and other creatures. I don't really have much to say about the zoo, except that it was amazing, so I guess you can just look at the following pictures. After that we went to a show with acrobats, magic, singing, and dancing. And I will have pictures of that too.
Put GRA-FEET-TA on the post so we can watch it
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