So Anita gave me the opportunity to write to you tonight. You may see the title and wonder how this is connected to china, but bare with me and I'll try to explain.
Today was our last day of site seeing in Beijing. We had another delicious breakfast in the hotel and then we reconnected with Candy and Mr. Hao (our driver). The first stop was to the Olympic village from 2008. We got to look around at the different buildings like the Birds nest and water cube. Very interesting buildings. Candy explained the buildings are still used today for various sporting events and concerts. From here we jumped back in the car.
Our next stop was the Great Wall. On our drive Candy shared with us some interesting facts about the Great Wall. I wish I could remember them all, but that's what Wikipedia is for right :-D. There are presently only three sections of the Great Wall open to tourists. The section we went to had a very nice visitors center at the base of the mountain, a tobagan run and a cable car to the top. From the visitors center we took a shuttle to a path that would lead us to the Great Wall. As a side note, up until now the only pets we'd seen were the birds we saw in the restaraunt yesterday. Well that all changed today. There were so many dogs here. And they knew how to beg for food really well. The interesting thing is that they are all strays and belong to no one. Anywho...the Great Wall...it was beautiful. The views are impressive and the thought of how this was all constructed is mind boggling.
Once we finished at the Great Wall and got some food we made one quick stop at the pearl market before heading to a show. The show was called Golden Mask Dynasty. The show is a love story about a queen and king from warring nations, how they fall in love, and how their live joins the nations. The story obviously has some sad parts in it as every love story does, but had a happy ending. The stage performance was amazing, the set was incredible, and at one point about 20 some ladies came out and danced with real white peacocks on their heads. It was one of the most interesting things I've seen. I wish each one of you could have seen it. Overall Anita and I both loved the performance with all the music, dance, and aerial portions of the show.
So in summary we had many bird and dog sightings today. Anywho, that's about all that went on today. We're pretty pooped after all the walking at the Great Wall. Tomorrow we leave for Myla's province. As soon as we can get some good internet we'll make sure to upload some pictures. Have a marvelous day everyone!
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