Long, but Fun Day

We had signed up for a tour which visited several of the more visited areas of the city. Besides the constant flow of rain, the biggest problem was we could have easily spent an entire day at each site. But there's only so much time here so we have to cram in as much as we can.

Our first stop - the Beijing Zoo to see the panda exhibit. They have 16 pandas and their enclosures weren't too shabby.

Then we went to the Summer Palace. It rained pretty hard here, but hey, who cares. We could have spent all day here exploring the grounds.

Then it was off to the Temple of Heaven. Pictures don't really do this site justice. Again, we could have spent all day here.
A close-up of the color and detail of the temple.



This is the group of families from our agency who went on this tour (about a third of the total number).

Three other families then joined us for a trip to an acrobatics show. I swear, these performers are NOT human. There were about a dozen different acts defying the laws of physics in some manner. I'm telling you, aliens have landed! They're in China and performing in acrobatics shows.

12 Girls riding one bike

This one walked across the heads of the others while spinning the plates

There's no way any human body can bend like this

Tomorrow, we go to the most visited section of the great wall, Badaling. From there, we go to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. We are so going to need a vacation after this.

The clock is ticking! We become three on Monday. Is it too late to turn back now??

Matt and Jenny