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PINGYAO
On our 3-day car trip, we spent an evening and a day in the ancient city of Pingyao. We stayed at a really cool youth hostel there. (They, by the way, made some killer French Toast - American style!) This slide show includes some pictures of the roadsides which were typical of those we saw on our trip. We had seen wealth in Beijing, and this is the flipside.
QUADRUPLE THREAT DAY
Toward the end of our trip, all in one day, we saw the Forbidden City, Tienanmen Square, Temple of Heaven, and the Summer Palace. Quite a day! The Forbidden City is huge, and has a beautiful garden on one side. The rest is courtyard and palaces, so the trees wouldn't obstruct the emperor's view. Temple of Heaven is made all of wood, with no nails. And the Summer Palace was really a huge garden oasis, with a huge lake, beautiful bridge, and palaces surrounded by gardens. And we smelled the best-smelling tree of our lives. I want to find it again and plant it everywhere!
Forbidden City & Tienanmen Square
Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace
A CHINA SMORGASBORD
Besides the big touristy stops, we spent some great time with family, eating, playing and getting massages - nice. So here's a bit here and bit there from our wonderful trip. Yeah, that's Mike on the stage with a snake and a bellydancer - both hilarious and painful. Our burgers at the Blue Frog were about 8 inches tall. I was trying to squish mine down so I could get a human mouth around it and sprayed hot onion ring juice on Mike and burned him. Both hilarious and painful. The Beijing Wraps Supreme were these great little crepe/egg/green onion/spicy stuff/crunchy thing combinations that were made by this little guy who had a cart around the corner. We stopped by for breakfast three times. They were yummy and cost 40 cents! Maybe Joey's favorite part.
AND SOME STUFF WE THOUGHT WAS FUNNY
Last (yes, it's true - I know, it's sad to see it end!) but not least, things that we thought were kinda funny. Maybe you will, too.
Our other favorite sign, that we didn't get a picture of was: Fobit the Flame. Mind what Smokey says, and Fobit the Flame. And here's a quick video of Katie and our funny guy on the Pingyao Wall. (He had his own rolled-up somepin he was smoking.)
We hope you enjoyed visiting China with us! We really loved it. Thank you Mike, Lisa, Bronwen, Mason, Manon, Griffin, and Willa for being such wonderful hosts. And thank you to Edith & Casey and Burl & Linda for watching our little ones for us while we played. And if you just haven't had enough - there's more at my brother and sis-in-law's blog.
Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace
A CHINA SMORGASBORD
Besides the big touristy stops, we spent some great time with family, eating, playing and getting massages - nice. So here's a bit here and bit there from our wonderful trip. Yeah, that's Mike on the stage with a snake and a bellydancer - both hilarious and painful. Our burgers at the Blue Frog were about 8 inches tall. I was trying to squish mine down so I could get a human mouth around it and sprayed hot onion ring juice on Mike and burned him. Both hilarious and painful. The Beijing Wraps Supreme were these great little crepe/egg/green onion/spicy stuff/crunchy thing combinations that were made by this little guy who had a cart around the corner. We stopped by for breakfast three times. They were yummy and cost 40 cents! Maybe Joey's favorite part.
AND SOME STUFF WE THOUGHT WAS FUNNY
Last (yes, it's true - I know, it's sad to see it end!) but not least, things that we thought were kinda funny. Maybe you will, too.
Our other favorite sign, that we didn't get a picture of was: Fobit the Flame. Mind what Smokey says, and Fobit the Flame. And here's a quick video of Katie and our funny guy on the Pingyao Wall. (He had his own rolled-up somepin he was smoking.)
We hope you enjoyed visiting China with us! We really loved it. Thank you Mike, Lisa, Bronwen, Mason, Manon, Griffin, and Willa for being such wonderful hosts. And thank you to Edith & Casey and Burl & Linda for watching our little ones for us while we played. And if you just haven't had enough - there's more at my brother and sis-in-law's blog.
4 comments:
loved it. loved the funnies. that guy is um, crazy.
HAAA. Lame juice huh? that is awesome. I call being the one who loved that post the most!!! it's fun to relive it through your funny stories and cool slide shows.
So fun! I can't believe the famous Luke photo-ops. That must have been wierd for Katie and Joey.
LOL! Loved those signs! So funny!
And my favorite part of the "crazy guy" were your guys' curtesy laughs!
I meant "courtesy"
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