The Great Wall!!

We did it, we went on our tours today starting at 9:30 am and made it back to the hotel by 6:00pm. We went to the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. It is beautiful here. The Great Wall should be seen in person, the pictures aren't enough. The Summer Palace was beautiful so I will throw some of those in. We also went out to eat with our representative and she ordered for us. Finally some great food. We just haven't been able to order much of anything because of the language barrier. I promised that I would not go on and on about food like some do, but I was getting pretty hungry. We also did some shopping for the first time at the store inside the restaurant. They had the real Jade. I bought some gifts for Lily, I'm so excited. You just wouldn't believe the Chinese people that want my picture taken with them. It's very odd. The other couple that's with us has an 8 year old boy and they like to get his picture and stare at him, but they also like me. I seriously think it's the hair. They will shove Paul out of the way to get him out of the picture. It's crazy. So I'm going to post one of the pictures that we took of them with me. It is strange to be a foreigner, although I have experienced that in Germany, just not quite as bad. Chinese people all have dark hair and eyes, German people didn't. I think that this is my chance to see how Lily will feel when she comes home with us. So I'm embracing it.