All Day September 14th

Dear loved ones and friends, We just got in at 8:30 p.m. from this morning leaving at 8 a.m. Our day was full of things to fall in love with China! We started our day by bus with a tour guide named Jerry. He was very kind and sweet the entire day. The first place we went was the Beijing Zoo to see the pandas. They were awesome! By the way, we have NOT gained 20 lbs in our pics, in fact we have lost but we have our money belts tightly strapped to our tummies and pinned to our jeans. The morning was super super foggy and rainy. Basically we got wet and rained on all day today. So, after the Beijing Zoo we went to the Summer Palace, a beautiful, peaceful place. We stayed there for a long time and when our bus stopped we got mobbed with tons of people trying to sell goods, fake rolex watches and purses. Jason got a kick out of the sellers, they made him laugh and laugh. China is absoultely beautiful and we wanted to love it for Claire. I can say we do! After the summer palace we went to a traditional Chinese restaurant for a 10 course meal . It was pretty good but we were careful what we ate. The guide then took us to a real pearl market. We all got educated on buying good real pearls, many good buys. After lunch, we went to the Temple of Heaven. It was built in 1490 and was constructed of wood, amazing for sure!