Adventures in China

Wow, it's hard to believe that we are finally here!!

We left for China on Thursday, 2/5 and arrived in Beijing on Friday (2/6). We met our first guide Amelia - she was GREAT - we had basically 1 day to see all of Beijing and I think we did a GREAT job... We went to the Forbidden City - it was unbelievable!!

We went to the GREAT Wall and Bob & I climbed up to the 3rd tower...Murry stayed back and took lots of pictures!! It was definitely a challenge - the steps vary in size and because I don't have the longest legs it was a lot of work to step up and even on the way down.

We went to a Jade factory, a Silk factory and had lunch in yet another tourist spot...basically you go to these stops in hopes that you buy stuff.. it was great to see. In addition to all of that - Murry and I ventured out a couple of times on our own. The last night before we left Beijing we ended up at the Pearl Market and we had a GREAT time - we ended up running into a very unique individual - her name was Charity and we spent some time shopping together - this is the place where you go and NEVER pay the price that is listed - always negotiate - we had an Excellent time!!

Beijing was AWESOME!! So I am really glad we went before our adventure of meeting our daughter began...Now I know you are all waiting to hear about our Meeting day...well - I will post that as soon as the pictures finish downloading...

Bye for now...Bobby & Chance if you are Reading this - we LOVE you and miss you very much...