More sight seeing

June 26, 2007
Another busy day today. This morning we visited tianamen square and the forbidden city. Our guide taught us more about chinese history. The square is appx 77 hectares. It was a lot bigger than we thought. There were people selling stuff everywhere. Some of the dads bought chairman Mao watches. Allan Chong even tried to sell his back to a different vendor. It was fun. We then cruised across to the forbidden city. It was quite something although it was being renovated for the olympics. It was getting very hot out by this time and Jen and Jayna didn't like the heat that much so we just quickly toured through. It will be a must see when we return and have more time. We went back to the hotel for a rest and then off to the pearl market in the afternoon. We once again made many good purchases as Jen and Jayna are becoming very adept at bartering. The temperature here in Beijing is starting to really get up there. Today it hovered around 40* C. most of the day as it has been for the last few days. We have been fairly lucky most days here. It rained the 2 days on the bus rides in Chongqing and now overnight the last few days but has been pretty good otherwise.. The rain doesn't cool things off though like back home. Last night we went down to Pizza Hut for supper and it was really good. Most say better than back home as it wasn't as greasy. Right now we are busy packing up and getting organized for our trip home. We bought 1 extra big suitcase and hopefully that will be enough. There is a bit of time for shopping tomorrow though so we'll see. LOL!! Ali still has a bit of a cold but is still doing great. She looks like she is cutting a few teeth as well but it hasn't slowed her down at all. Look out grandparents; she is quite a busy little handful.... but great fun.