What a Day!

We had such a busy day! We are exhausted and this may be quick... WE started the day at the hotel buffet and could not figure out what to eat and what not to eat - so we mostly had bread, croissant and made to order omelets. Then we quickly changed rooms b/c the first one was a smoking room and with the jet lag - the 2 didn't mix very well. After the quick switcheroo, we went to Tiananmen square where we had our first encounters with chinese tourists and locals. They were very "happy" to see us and the blonde boys (especially Brayden). They took pics of us - so i took pics of them! We then went to the Forbidden City - gosh it was huge!!! After that we went for lunch "American buffet"- we ended up eating white rice, cold french fries, fried chicken chest! We were then off to the Pearl Market - we bought a few strands of pearls but are hoping to get REAL deals in Guangzhou. We got to experience the bathroom here and needless to say - i just couldn't do it (but i tried!!!) Oh, the boys were so excited to get a piece of jade with their name hand carved in english and chinese and on the other end of the jade it had the animal that represented the year that they were born. We were then off to the Summer Palace and took a boat ride across the man made lake and walked down the longest corridor in China. Then we headed back to the hotel for another thrilling bus ride - who needs a rollercoaster ride or ammusement park, you just need to come to China and drive around!!! We dropped off Kelli and her sister Micki and headed to the Acrobat show. On the way, a taxi bumped into us - our driver got out and yelled at him and the taxi driver yelled at our Mr. Wang and then they got back into the vehicles and drove away!hmmm We then really enjoyed the acrobat show! We were sooo tired but didn't want to miss it and we are glad that we didn't. We then headed back to the hotel and met Kelli & Micki for dinner. I think we are all going to lose some weight while we are here and it a VERY GOOD thing that we brought PB &J and Bread!

I will post more pics tomorrow - everyone is asleep and i can hardly keep my eyes open! We go to the Great Wall tomorrow... until then...

God bless and thanks for the prayers and well wishes!!!