Lots to tell

OKay! I have to tell you about the past two days, on the 11th we went to the Great Wall, I mean it guys The Great Wall!!!! It was phenomenal! Of course we had a breakfast in the hotel first, consisting of fried rice, starch, pickled veggies, soup, oh and there were some eggs, but mainly starch. But man was it good! So we get on the bus and watch the scenery, we passed the Olympic stadiums again and got the joy of Beijing traffic, which is terrifying if you look, so mostly we talked. The people on this trip are wonderful, I guess it takes a certain quality to do something this ooo (out of ordinary) At the wall we lined up for a group picture, (don't have a copy yet, but working on it) and as we take it large groups join the photographer and start taking our picture, apparently we're celebrities. people want our pictures and to talk to us, its strange and flattering. Two of our girls keep getting accosted though because there tall blue eyed blond beauties, the guys keep coming up and saying "i love you!" families want to have pictures with them it's really funny to watch them have to disentangle themselves so the group can move on.
I got to the second tower on the wall before time constraints made us turn back, I wanted to make all four but as I got to each I had to climb to the top of the guard post, the view was phenomenal (thank you grand day, the camera is fantastic! everyone's jealous)
One thing to know at the wall, all the steps are uneven, some were tiny, maybe an inch or two high while some were almost to my knee, it made the journey hazardous, but all the more fun!So after the wall we did several things, visited a place that made the copper pots and coverd them with enamel, forget what you call them, upstairs we ate, again delicious, all the meals out seem to favor the lazy-susan so we each get to try everything, which I think is a great idea. Here we had firewater, which is amazing by the way, I found it hysterical that I could drink it while the big guy near me ended up sputtering, don't tell him though. lol. After that we visited the fresh water pearl factory, they were very nice the pearls were beautiful, though it did smell a little, well with all those fresh water oysters around . . . I was going to get mom a present, and they were really well priced, but I didn't want to loose them later on, so Its a mothersday gift in spirit. We ended up at a shopping center and in charge of our own dinner. I hung out with Patrick, Pace, and Nancy, but we got split up so I spent the evening with Pace, pic's later it's getting close to time to leave.

I know what your thinking, but there's proof!! They tasted really good to, like little fried chicken wings, only really crunchy.
Ok I know I said I was going to cover both days, but I have to go check out. We're getting a train tonight so everything has to be ready for pick up, ect. ect. ect. Love Ya'll!