The Grimes Family

Beijing Day 3

On day 3 we went to the Hutong area of the city, it is the oldest part of the city. This is Prince Gon mansion.

Prince Gon Garden

In the garden

Here is a shrine to Prince Gon, all the red things are tiles that people put wishes on.

After Prince Gon mansion we went on a rickshaw tour of the Hutong area.

After the rickshaw tour we went to The Summer Palace

One of the towers in the Summer Palace

The Marble Boat in the Summer Palace

After our day on the town we went for a walk to the night market, where they sell all kinds of weird food! Here are squid.

snakes

the price list for some of the items

Crickets & silk worms

scorpions. It was interesting to see but the smell was so bad I couldn't get too close or I was going to lose it!

Beijing Day 2

Our driver in Beijing Mr. Liu.

On Day 2 in Beijing we set out to climb The Great Wall! We had to first climb up this hill. Then we took a cable car up to the wall.

Us with the wall in the background

On the wall!

It was so cool to actually climb The Great Wall!

Ben and our tour guide Emily on the wall!

The girls on the wall

Kenzie posing for me

Hannah posing

Hannah was a little crabby until I gave her fruit snacks, then she gave me a big smile.

Kenzie on the wall!

It was a hot day 84 degrees.

In the cable car on the way back down from the wall!

After we left The Great Wall we went to check out The Olympic Park.

The Water Cube, it is now an indoor waterpark.

The Bird's Nest

After we got back to the hotel we went for a walk to get dinner, we couldn't resist getting a pick with the tea pot.

Gary pouring tea! Haha!

We left for our first China vacation on Wednesday May 2, 2012. We headed to Beijing. The kids all did great on the plane, it was only a 2 hour flight. Hannah and Ben slept the whole time and Kenzie played her leap pad! We had a tour guide so they met us at the airport.