So, dear hubby is doing a much better job at blogging than I am. Turkey. Maybe it's because he chose to blog yesterday afternoon while I chose to nap! I will try to post pics, but I'm not sure where John put them on this laptop. You can refer to his blog - he has a link to where he posted all the pics on facebook.
We had a great breakfast yesterday morning. I told John that "man cannot live on bread alone" but I would be willing to try living on the all the yummy pastries we had! THEY WERE SO GOOD! I may just have to try to take a picture of them this morning.
We met up with one other couple and spent the day with them and our guide Forrest. We went to Tiananmen Square and then onto the Forbidden City. Although I didn't catch anything, Forrest basically explained how there was line that went through the central heart of China and Beijing. On this line is the mausoleum of Chairman Mao (he is still entombed there in a crystal coffin today) the Peoples Monument (which is dedicated to all who have fallen in the wars - Chinese or not), the Flag, and then straight through the Forbidden City. It is hard to grasp all of the history we were exposed to in a single day. I agree with John that our favorite part of the day was eating at the house of a local Beijing family and then seeing a very traditional house in Beijing. I can't quite recall the exact numbers, but our other guide said that house would sell for $100000 rmb per sq meter and it was 1000 sq meters in size. I'll have to work on that conversion....but basically the house was seriously pricey. I think due mostly to location and it is actually a protected historic house. Much like here in the states, all the improvements have to be done according to the original architecture of the home.
We had a bit of a misunderstanding last night. We thought we were going out to dinner and a show, Chun Yi The Legend of Kungfu. We had the show right, but we were suppose to have eaten dinner before we met at 6:30pm. We had popcorn during the show...and a late dinner back at the hotel around 10pm. We are going to pay more attention today!
I think we are going to the Great Wall and then the Jade market. It should be a shorter day. I'm not sure if we are meeting up with any other couples or not. I thought all four of us were adopting from Henan, but David and Valerie are in the traditional program and not going to Henan. I certainly hope we have at least one other family with us on Gotcha Day! Forrest mentioned yesterday there would be one couple that was with us the entire time, but we have not met them yet.
Can I just say I'm ready to get our baby girl and come home? Jetlag hasn't been too horrible, but I just don't feel quite right most of the time. I think some of it is due to the "smoke" van that takes us everywhere....it puts me in a haze the second we get in! Needless to say, I'm hoping the Great Wall isn't too far away!
Thanks for the prayers! Only two more days to go before we get Eme! Yea!
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