Friday, September 25, 2009

3000 concubines and I’m sheep











Up at 6:30 again, but it was worth it as we visited Beijing. We started at the Forbidden city with it’s 9999 rooms, and 3000 concubines, many for one night only. People were forbidden to enter the city, and eunuchs worked there.

Next was Tiananmen Square, which was very busy because of National day, which meant that the subway was a big hairy. We saw the Chairman Mao picture and had the obligatory picture.

Next was the Temple of Heaven. As we sat and looked at the Temple, a little girl came over and held my hand, and instructed her granddad to take pictures. She then sang songs on the guides microphone. She was so cute.

On the bus, we discovered our Chinese birth years. I’m a sheep, Olivia, Hayden and Dad are all roosters and Caitlin is a rat. Brigitte is a tiger, mum is a monkey and Ali is a dog.

We passed the Olympic velodrome and Chinese Disney land which isn’t finished because it has ran out of money.

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