We have two days of touring scheduled for Beijing, and we have been making the most of it! Today we visited the Temple of Heaven, the pearl market, a Hutong (meandering communities within the city made of 800 year old homes where people still live today), had lunch with a sweet family in the Hutong, toured the Summer Palace, took a dragon boat ride, and make a quick photo stop of the olympic village. Our feet our sore and we're just amazed at all we were able to see today.
I had told Canaan before our trip to expect to be stopped for photos by some of the Chinese people, and this is exactly what is happening. Our boy is a little celebrity here and has been stopped by multiple people for a photo with him. Today at the Temple of Heaven we watched as a school load of children were touring the area - and one of the teachers asked if we might permit Canaan to be the centerpiece of a photo they were taking of their students. Our sweet little introvert looked a bit pained in some of the photos, lol! Teachers took his hands so that he would hold the hands of a couple of the students, and the students took time afterwards to practice their english with us. It was pretty much completely adorable and completely overwhelming all at once.
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| Temple of Heaven, Beijing |
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| Checking out the Temple of Heaven with our tour guide Jeremy. |
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| It just kept going and going, even more so than the Forbidden City. |
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| The Temple of Heaven is made out of wood! Amazing! |
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| Our famous kid! |
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| And then they asked Mom and Dad to jump in the picture. |
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| More of the Temple of Heaven |
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| A pedicab tour of a Hutong. |
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| I could have spent all day wandering these streets taking photos! So much beauty! |
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| The wedding photo of the sweet couple who shared a meal with us in their home today. |
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| Whatever these were, they were incredible. |
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| Gifts to us from the family. |
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| Hot tea on a steamy day... we are definitely in China! |
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| The courtyard area of the family's home in the Hutong. |
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| Our sweet and hilarious host (who thought I was BJ's daughter, and have him two thumbs up when she learned I was his wife. Ha ha!!) - the one from the wedding photo. |
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| This bird was learning to say "nihao". :) |
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| Canaan at the Summer Palace. |
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| So much beauty to take in at the Summer Palace! |
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| This temple of the emperor at the Summer Palace was built upon an enormous man-made hill. |
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| A tucked away side room at the Summer Palace. |
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| Sorry this is out of order - another image of the Temple of Heaven. |
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| Canaan and I on the pedicab ride. |
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| Dragon boat ride at the Summer Palace. |
Just three days until we meet our Ivy girl!
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