Monday, July 04, 2016

Highlights from our June trip to China, Beijing-Suizhou-Shanghai-Xian


 

 
 The courtyard of our Beijing hotel, which included a buffet breakfast we are still talking about
 

The grounds of the Temple of Heaven, standing where emperors consider the center of the universe.

We spent 1/2 a day in an elementary school.  Jinji was partnered with an English-speaking student named Xena.
Jinji in class.
 

Daddy bought his Chinese princess her first pair of pearl earrings.

 
Tiananmen Square
 The Forbidden City


2016
2006 
 
Pandas!

 
A walkway in Emperor's Summer Palace
The Great Wall of China 2016.
2006
 
Jinji climbed a lot further than we did.
 
 
We flew to Shanghai and took a bus to Suizhou. We visited the Suizhou museum designed by I M Pei.


Jade market
 
 On the grounds of the formal garden of  a Chinese dignitary.
 

 
 
 Back to Shanghai; Mary taking one of her first photos with a selfie-stick.
 
 

 
Yes, he did that!
I could only do it with eyes closed.
 
 We enjoyed a traditional dinner of Peking duck.
 
 
Another flight brought us to Xian and a visit to see the incredible terracotta warriors.

 
We shopped in a Muslim Chinese market and Jinji purchased a treat (both visual and edible)
See the video.
 


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