Our Trip to Beijing!!

Gran B came to visit us and to help me with the kids when we fly back to the states. Since she was coming, we decided to make a family trip to Beijing to meet her. China had a 4 day weekend at the end of May and it was perfect timing for us. We packed our bags and went to meet her at the airport. We had such a blast. The weather was perfect and we saw blue sky!! We stayed at a fairly nice hotel and took almost all modes transportation..taxi, van, plane, and subway. We stayed in Beijing for 4 days and saw the Great Wall, Tiannamen Square, the Forbidden City, and we went shopping. The shopping was AWESOME!! They had two areas, one called Silk Market and it had all type of clothes, and any type of beads/pearls, as well as silk. It was amazing, but it was also overwhelming. You could spend a week there. We also went to this place called Dirt Market. It made Canton look small. My friend says it was the worlds best flea market and I think she was correct. It was great!! Beijing was surprisely clean and not very crowded. It felt very western. Avery even said she liked because she saw people that looked like her. There were alot of foreigners and alot of chinese people who spoke English or enough to get you around. We were wondering if it had changed alot since the Olympics and after talking to people it sounds like it has. I think I will post what we did each day so you can enjoy the experience. Here is one picture of GranB the first day at out hotel that we stayed in. The girls were so excited to see her!!