Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad

Asia » China » Beijing
March 18th 2010

Published: March 19th 2010

Greetings Netizens, I have a story to finish. I saw my parents in Beijing. What a weird and fun experience that was. Mom and Dad thank you for coming to China. I had an amazing time. I thought it was so cool for me to be able to share my experiences here with you. Xie Xie! I landed in Beijing and quickly met up with my crying mother (what a surprise). We took this vacation during the middle of ... Read Full Entry

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Beijing

Smokey streets from the fireworks

Warriors

This king killed everyone associated with making these warriors because he didn't want anyone stealing his army in his afterlife. Just a century later people didn't know about this place, because everyone was killed

Tianamen Square

it was bitterly cold that day

Faces

The faces were realistic enough that Mom's camera identified all of their faces as faces

Forbidden City

The entrance to the Forbidden City

Mom and Dad

In China and freezing. The lovely girl in the red hat is our guide, Tina

Family

Walking towards a temple of some kind

The temple

very beautiful, very old

first food

The first Chinese dish I remember eating with my folks in China. My mom can't really use chopsticks, but she tried.

I was there too, the first dinner.

Guided

Tina was great, she was kind and full of great info

Tina

Tina, or really TongTong, bet you didn't know that huh mom. She was a wonderful guide, if you read this Tina, thanks you were the best!

Chinese opera

guys gettings ready to perform

performance

the faces they made were.. interesting

Monkey King

I believe this is the monkey king, a popular character from a popular story in China

Hotel Room

One of the hotel rooms we stayed in, I loved it

Birds Nest

shot taken from the car

water cube

This is a shot of the water cube, you can see it's proximity to the nest on the right

In the park

pictures

Tomb of the Emperor

Pretty plain, That is dad posing

Great Wall

Thats the great wall of china, the part we saw was just outside of beijing in the mountains

21st March 2010

Mom
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Touring China during the Spring Festival was fun - 7 planes, 5 ferries, 1 boat cruise, 1 subway, 1 bus trip (oh my!) and several taxicabs in 14 days. I learn a lot about China’s history, beautiful ancient buildings, 300 year old cypress trees & customs. The people were friendly and generous. The crowds were overwhelming but did offer me the chance to “rub shoulders” with the locals. Food I love the dumplings, spring rolls, cabbage and pork dishes I could get used to you pouring jasmine tea for me. Your Mandarin is good (impressive), whether you were bargaining for items, ordering dinner, or asking for directions - you took great care of us Thank you. Love, Mom

22nd March 2010

marky
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random person
indeed you have great photos and very enjoyable reading your blog, thank you~

7th April 2010

Judy Horton
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Love the Pics & your writings
Chris, what great pictures of your trip. It really does look COLD. Nathan, your story telling & comments are fantastic. I could see your Mom's expressions through your writings! Thanks for sharing!

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