Saturday, January 2, 2010

The Great Wall and Summer Palace - Jan 2 2010

Hello to you all from Beijing, China.  Today we went with our guide Reagan, who is fantastic by the way, to the Great Wall at JuYongGuan Pass.  It was an awesome experience.  It was not crowded at all which made it seem like a more personal experience.  We also toured the Summer Palace but a shortened version as it was getting a bit chilly, even for us Vermonters.  I am attaching some photos from today so hopefully this all comes thru ok as I can't see the blog site from in China.  Tomorrow we tour the Forbidden City and then fly out to Shanxi province at 4:30.  We will try and update again either tonight or sometime tomorrow.  I think the jet lag is getting to Jo since she has fallen asleep as I've been writing this.  Bye for now, Jim & Jo.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joey,
LOVE the diet coke!!! all things are possible now!!!
Katie

Sharing Life and Love said...

The post and pictures came through perfectly! It really is amazing to be there, isn't it? Make sure you rest as much as possible now---soon it will be Ally Time!!! Woo-Hooo---will be stalking your blog for those first photos---be ready for tears or smiles---Enjoy it all---

Anonymous said...

The pictures are great - looks like an incredible experience.
Mary

Anonymous said...

We are so excited for you guys. We will keep checking the blog for new pics, glad to see Jo found some diet coke in China. Keep us posted, and can't wait to see Ally-and Can't wait to see/hear about the boys excitement when you get home with her!!!!! xoxo Jen, Frank and the kids