First day in Beijing was busy. Our guide Wendy met us at the airport and we headed off to have Peking duck for lunch. After a year of Korean food Chinese seems like normal in some ways. We ate too much at lunch and then headed to walk it off at Tienanmen square. It is huge! We didn't stop by Mao's tomb but we did see his picture over the gate. Then we continued on to the Forbidden city. We only got a taste of what was once a huge complex. It was fairly cold yesterday and when we weren't protected by walls the wind was biting.
We also made a visit to a tea house and learned about different types of tea and how to prepare it properly. Then another huge meal and off to an acrobatics show. Think the opening to the Beijing Olympics small scale and up close. Finally we headed to our hotel and crashed.
Today it's the Great Wall, Ming tombs and I think our guide said a jade factory and a pearl shop.
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