Beijing Tour

We are still exhausted from our flight, but we had an awesome time touring Beijing today. Our van left the hotel this morning at 8:30 a.m. and our first stop was Tiananmen Square and The Forbidden City. We only spent a couple of hours at this location, but we received an interesting history lesson in that short amount of time. It is very cold here, but the sun is shining and we dressed in several layers, so we were comfortable while outdoors. After lunch our group visited the Great Wall of China! Amazing! Nana climbed out of sight while Jason and I hung out with Jilli near the bottom section. Jillian was wiped out after visiting the Great Wall and missed seeing the Bird's Nest (AWESOME!) and the Water Cube on our drive back to the hotel. She is asleep right now, so I opted to stay at the hotel while Jason, Nana and another sweet family find some dinner. Our GWCA travel group includes three other families (AR, NJ & WA). We are flying to four different provinces in the morning, but we will reunite at The White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou on January 30th. We are scheduled to depart for the airport at 5:15 a.m. in the morning. My next post will be from Changsha!