Well Kyle and I finally became heroes today(Pam already was). The Chinese say if you climb The Great Wall you become a hero. Boy did we ever climb The Great Wall ! Our guide dropped us off at the base of a very steep hill to climb. It was extremely beautiful towards the top but everyone worked hard to get there. It was an amazing experience to be on The Great Wall knowing all of the history that went into building it. Additionally, we went to the Summer Palace which was The Emperors summer residence when he wasn't in The Forbidden City. The Summer Palace site is three times the size of The Forbidden City and includes a huge man-made lake. Today Pam and Kyle continued the tradition of eating M&M's in China - which was Pam's staple when she was here 25 years ago. However, Pam broke new ground and at a special dinner set up by our guide Pam ate Peking Duck - and I have a picture to prove it ! Finally at the end of the day we went to a Kung Fu show at a Theatre called "The Red Theatre". Now we are getting some sleep before our big day tomorrow - we'll leave Beijing at 9:25 am to fly to Nanjing where we will finally meet Jia Lu for the first time tomorrow afternoon and take the first steps to bringing her home !
2 comments:
It's finally going to happen!!! I'm thinking about you four.
I'm glad you survived the Wall...what a special day. Tomorrow even more so.
We just want to send all our good thoughts your way for the moment you meet Linnea on Monday! We hope you were able to sleep Sunday night with all the anticipation. But maybe climbing The Great Wall helped your sleep? Linnea is the luckiest little girl to be gaining such a wonderful mom, dad and brother all at once. We're thinking about you all the time. The Steiners.
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