1st Day in Beijing

We made it in to Beijing late last night. The flight was long but uneventful. We tried to stay awake most of the time so that we would be ready to sleep when we arrived here but nonetheless we still didn't sleep much last night. We met our tour guide this morning at 9:00 and headed out for a very full day. We stopped first at Tianneman Square, then onto Forbidden City which when on and on and it was hot and humid but at least overcast so it wasn't unbearable. Actually I think it's always overcast here because of all the smog. Forbidden City was cool and shed a little more light on what China was like during the time when it was ruled by Emperors. We also got to have our picture taken by the "couple tree." It's good luck for a long happy marriage. :)

We then did a tour of Hutong which is the older part of the city and it was cool. The streets are so narrow that we had to tour around in a little buggy pulled by a bicycle.

Next we stopped for a real Chinese lunch. Much to our great pleasure, no scorpion or duck heads were served. It was good and the chicken dish was very similar to Chinese that we would eat at home. We did a quick little tour at the Silk Factory which was pretty fascinating to watch the process start from the worm right up until they are weaving the silk into clothes or rugs or comforters.

Then to finish off the day we went to a Chinese Flying Acrobatics Show. It was amazing to say the least. It was the part of the day we enjoyed the most. We wish we could've recorded parts of it or taken pictures to share with the kids because they would've loved it. Anyway, that's it. We are tired and need some sleep. Russel is taking a quick nap before we head out to grab a bite to eat for dinner with the couple we toured around with today. Then we start all over again at 8:00 a.m. We are one day closer to seeing our baby and that is really where are our hearts are right now. Being here makes us realize how much we really do love Logan and especially the blue sky. We miss our kids very much but we continue to send little messages back and forth and actually was able to skype with them last night......um well actually 2:00 a.m. here but we couldn't resist the little text we got asking if we were in bed or if we could skype :) So we are counting down the days until we get little mei mei in our arms and then counting down until we get to be back home with the ones we love.