Good morning from Beijing!

So last night we decided to just eat here in the hotel. We saw that they had a really nice resteraunt so we headed down. We were the only people in there so they were very excited to take care of us. They immediately won me over by offering a cold Chinese beer. SOLD! So we sat down and looked through the menu which was also in English. Let’s see, sharks fin soup, jelly fish, fungi, fish head soup, stomach, worms, turtles………oh boy. Mar told me to find some chicken and the only dish I saw had a picture included, it still had a beak and feet! So we ordered a beef and noodle dish, it was really really good. Mar was too tired to tackle the chopsticks on the first meal so she ate with the serving fork which came with the dish.

                We got back to the room around 7:30 and crashed. We received a call around 8pm informing us that we would be seeing The Great Wall today! We were both up at midnight again and it took a while to fall back asleep. Then some yahoo decided to light fireworks off at 3am this morning down the street from the hotel, we’ve been up ever since. This gave us the opportunity to chat via Skype with some friends and family back home. Laine is having a blast with grandma and is not even close to begging us to come home, so I guess that is good…..I think!

We are gonna grab some breakfast and then stretch out for the Great Wall. I will post pics and videos (hopefully) later this evening.

Hugs and kisses,

Doug

PS:  NCH people, I’m on an eggroll finding mission now, I don’t think they have them here (or at least as we know them), but being I’m easily amused it will be fun to hunt for one! Thanks for the well wishes guys!