Saturday, July 11, 2009




Day 4
Well we started out at 8:00am on a 1 1/2 hr. trip to the cloisonné factory. We were able to see the actual factory workers hand making the beautiful cloisonné. Then of course it was off to the gift shop where we had to pick up a few goodies.
Next we drove to the Great Wall of China- boy was it crowded. It was busier than the streets of NYC, but it was beautiful and very impressive. We did not have clear skies so we could hardly see past the guard posts. Our guide Joy gave us some very interesting tid-bits of information about Chinese culture during our ride to the Great Wall.
Joy then took us to a traditional chinese lunch which was very good and to a Jade Mart. All the jade statues were so ornate. Just amazing! On our way home we took a pit stop at the olympic village. Wow was that neat to see- especially after watching it on tv this past summer. Bill and I were talking and we realized we have seen three olympic villages so far, Atlanta, Munich, and now Beijing. The Birdsnest and Blue Cube are very impressive structures. The Chinese people are very proud of them-as they should be!!
Tomorrow we will visit Tiananmen Square and take a rickshaw ride through Hutong Village. We have also asked our guide to take us to the Pearl Mart. You know I'm looking forward to that!!Only one more night here in Beijing then on to Chongqing and AMIE!!!

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