Hey to everyone, Hello to a few people first, Hey Diane, Uncle Samir, and Ferielle, Auntie Kat, and of course Karla, I got your emails. I will write back because its free and my cell phone is so expensive.
Ok, it is now around 3 in the morning and I woke up and can't get back to sleep. I know it has to be the time change, because it happened last night too. It does make for a good quiet time to do things like this on the laptop.
Just to brief you all on our trip thus far, we had a great day yesterday with our guide. We went to Tienanmen Square for as long as we could tolerate it. With the windchill factor it was about 1 degree Celsius. After that we saw the Forbidden City, which our guide gave a great account of historical fact to us about the dynasty of the different emperors. It was great ! We then met our driver who patiently waited two hours by the car for us. Jerry is such a nice guy and a good driver !! Its crazy on the road, you have buses, bicycles, people and cars all mixing up in the road in a confused mess! Its fun for us just to ride around!
Hey Sherri, I saw the Starbucks but we were on our way to lunch, which was authentic Chinese food. They brought about 7 dishes of food out for us at a private table in a private room in the restaurant. I asked our guide why we were in a private room and she said that the air was not good quality, interesting I thought, but ok whatever. After eating we got to the door to leave and our driver races to have the car ready and waiting, he is so attentive to our needs. This special treatment is dangerous for me, I am enjoying it too much.
After this, we went to a place that was not on our tour package but our guide said that presidents of the US are always taken there because its such a nice place to learn about how silk was made in China, since China is famous for silk. I have to tell all of you behind me in the process that it is worth it! They take you through a step by step in the factory style of how they make the worm /pupa and of course the following silk, after which you can go upstairs and actually purchase silk things of all sorts. Diane, you would have loved the shopping. Hamid got to take several pupas in their ca coon with the silk in raw form around them. Its cool.
We are definitely going to need a nap tomorrow!
Nour
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FIELD TRIP! My children just learned about the silk road last year in history! I can't wait! I love all the details you are giving...very helpful. Thank you for updating! Happy napping!
Laine
Isn't the food fabulous? Our children got very used to being spoiled. We ate at one McDonald's (they HAD to try it)where the McDonald's people made a group of Chinese people move from their table so we could sit there.
You should soon be getting over the jet lag.
Have a fantastic day!
Sherri
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