Sunday, August 26, 2007

Good Morning! Monday

So internet access is a little sparse and I'm having trouble posting, let alone uploading pictures.



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Yesterday (Sunday) we had breakfast at the hotel (yummy!). Then we headed over to the Forbidden City, which was the emperor's home. After that we went on a hutong tour. They drove us in a rickshaw (someone takes us on this bike that has two seats behind it). The hutongs are a little "neighborhood" if you want to call it that, where many of the poorer people live. They arranged for us to have a meal cooked by someone who lives there. It was pretty good, didn't settle quite well in the stomach. But it was interesting to hear this lady's story.




After that we went to another place that used to be the empress's home. That was pretty neat, you could really imagine her walking around there.



After that, we so happened to meet up with a representitive from the 10th district of Illinois (Chicago). He met with us for about 1/2 hour. It just happened to be that he was on our plane and agreed to meet with us.



After that, we went out to dinner. It was so cool! This restaurant had a big "lake" in it and then there were boats floating in the lake. You actually get in the boat to eat. This was traditional Cantonese food. People ordered drunken shrimp (still moving), chicken where you had to eat the bones with it, etc. I tried a few things, nothing outrageous (I know, you're surprised!)



After that, we all went to a little bar on a rooftop after walking to find a different bar for almost an hour.



Another long day! Today we are going to meet with the Olympics Committee and some other good stuff. Talk to you soon!

2 comments:

lil mama said...

I am sooooo glad you're doing this blog. Makes me feel like you're not so far :). Actually, I like it because I feel these next 2 weeks will be like a virtual trip to China for me :P. Anywho, couldn't see the pictures because you have to add me as your friend (if you can bring yourself to do so) for me to see them. I'm sure you're not too busy so please go ahead and do that. So glad you're having such a good time already!!
Miss you....

lil mama said...

I also wanted to say that for anyone that wants to leave a comment but won't because you have to sign up - they don't send your email to anyone else and you're promised no spam as a result. So go ahead and show Dana some commenting love :).