day 2: forbidden city
today was cold and misty... it included warm memories however. to make it short: an amazing buffet breakfast in the hotel, a fully escorted tour of the 216-acre Forbidden City, the beautiful summer palace and the memorial grounds of Tiananmen Square (where 2-3,000 people lost their life for fighting for freedom). we topped off the evening with a delightful chinese meal of duck and fish, then an amazing and elaborate production called "the kung-fu legend" (you can see sacha and i here with two of the main kunfu-stars). tomorrow we're off to the Great Wall! cheers. (ps.. other pics below include Trenton with our tour guide, henry; trenton outside of the 'pearl market' where we bought real pearl supplies; an elderly woman practicing the art of mandarin-writing out on the sidewalk, trenton and sacha being goofy, and a cute chinese girl.)
posted by kanadians in korea at 7:04 AM
2 Comments:
Oh! I hope you have some picture of the Wall. What a wonderful time. I am so glad you are keeping us updated.
I see Trent (no doubt after being told to numerous times by Em)has finally decided to 'clam up'. Or, rather, maybe he's decided to 'ham' it up instead?!
You're both pearls (of great price) in my book!
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