Summer Palace
Longest Hallway
Marble boat
Jade Factory
Great Wall
All of us at the Great Wall
Love the sign
We met our group at breakfast and then we met our guide, Maggie, and we headed to the summer palace, jade factory, & the great wall. It was very beautiful and the buildings all had a lot of detail on them. After lunch at a chinese restaurant, of course, we went to the Jade factory. There were a lot of very large jade pieces that were very beautiful but very expensive. The man in the picture is carving the round ball in the next picture. They carve it from the inside out and each "layer" is moveable, they are pretty amazing. The next stop for us was the Great Wall. We only went to one tower, apparently there are quite a few different areas you can go to. The steps are very steep and uneven. I did not go up very far, as you can see, as I am very afraid of heights and even there was a little scary. I was just very fun to be there. The locks in the picture are all along the wall at the bottom and each time somebody gets married they put a lock on the chain and throw the key over the edge. Next we were off to the Peking Duck dinner. After a very long and stop and go ride on the bus, everybody was very tired and nobody was very hungry. It was very sad for all of us to see the food that was going to waste. I was not feeling the best during supper and the ride home and just went to bed as I think it was the effects of jet lag.
Love the sign
We met our group at breakfast and then we met our guide, Maggie, and we headed to the summer palace, jade factory, & the great wall. It was very beautiful and the buildings all had a lot of detail on them. After lunch at a chinese restaurant, of course, we went to the Jade factory. There were a lot of very large jade pieces that were very beautiful but very expensive. The man in the picture is carving the round ball in the next picture. They carve it from the inside out and each "layer" is moveable, they are pretty amazing. The next stop for us was the Great Wall. We only went to one tower, apparently there are quite a few different areas you can go to. The steps are very steep and uneven. I did not go up very far, as you can see, as I am very afraid of heights and even there was a little scary. I was just very fun to be there. The locks in the picture are all along the wall at the bottom and each time somebody gets married they put a lock on the chain and throw the key over the edge. Next we were off to the Peking Duck dinner. After a very long and stop and go ride on the bus, everybody was very tired and nobody was very hungry. It was very sad for all of us to see the food that was going to waste. I was not feeling the best during supper and the ride home and just went to bed as I think it was the effects of jet lag. 
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