Sight Seeing with Hope

We have spent the last few days touring Beijing. Yesterday, we went to the Great Wall. It was amazing to walk on one of the wonders of the world and freezing at the same time. The wind chill at the top of the Great Wall was -10, brrrrrrr.


Bruce and Nathan had a nightmare experience at the "Wal-Mart" of China. They went to get a stroller for Hope and it took them over two hours to locate the stroller, check out, and catch a cab back to the Hotel. Bruce said it made the day after Thanksgiving shopping at Wal-Mart in TN look like a cub scout meeting! The girls stayed back in the warm hotel and played bubbles, read, jumped on the beds and sang songs.


Today we were up and at it around 6:30. We went to visit and ancient Hunan Village. This is the traditional manner in which the Chinese lived for centuries. The most exciting part about the Hunan Village was that we all got to ride in a traditional Rickshaw through the streets of Beijing.

Next we were off to the Forbidden City and Teineman Square. We learned about the history of the ancient emperors and their dynasties. Also, we walked past the tomb of Mao and all of the government offices. Hope loves to look out the bus windows and sing as we travel along and she really loves it when we pass McDonald's.

Later in the day we attended the National Flying Acrobatic performance. It was mesmerizing what the performers could do and how incredibly talented they were. The children loved the music and show. Nathan has been doing flips from bed to bed in the hotel room and doing cart wheels down the hall since we returned to the hotel. Who knows, maybe he will be on the Chinese National Acrobatics team one day?

We have been praising God everyday for our sweet little Hope. She just loves life. We are bonding and she is becoming more comfortable being in the family everyday.