Some Beijing Sights

Today we met our guide, George, and spent the day seeing some of Beijing.  We also met the rest of our travel group, so it was fun to get to know them a little.  We packed a lot into one day!  We started out after breakfast with a visit to the jade factory, then we went to the Great Wall for a hot, steep climb!  We had lunch together before heading to see some of the venues from the 2008 Olympics and ending the day with an acrobatics show.  We are told that the show was awesome, but we spent the better portion of it in the lobby after the "stacking chairs" acrobat and loud drumbeat freaked Mary Helen out!  Oh well, at least I got a diet Coke in the lobby!  We head to Zhengzhou tomorrow, but here are a few pictures from today.

The Great Wall

Daddy and Mary Helen on the Great Wall

Very steep...and my fear of heights got the best of me right about here!

Heading back down

Looking up a portion of the Wall

In front of the "Bird's Nest" Olympic venue

The acrobatic act that pushed Mary Helen over the edge

Opening of the Acrobatics Show

Saw her in the lobby as the others left the show...beautiful!