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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Warriors

The type of hat they had indicated what rank they are

names

The warriors were modeled after real people, turns out a lot of these guys have names. They are trying to identify the names so people can look up their relatives down in the pit

guide 2

This is our second guide in Xian

picture of a picture

when they unearthed the warriors they were still in color and it quickly disapeered, thus they are waiting to unearth large sections

pop star

this is the farmer that found the warriors. He's famous now, Dad has his autograph

Camel

camel is on the left, it was chewy

onlookers

people noticed us

Temple

very ornate, really beautiful

Wishing Bag?

I don't know what to call this thing, but people light these things as wishes they send into the sky, basically a small hot air balloon

Pets

want a pet???

WE MADE IT!!

Family on the Great Wall of China

Olympics

They loved the olympics

Car

The first private car we had, moms favorite

eating street

snack street in beijing

critters

we ate those

Happiness is eating scorpion

it tastes like kfc

Dads turn

He's a soldier

Mom's turn

I swear on life of whoever is reading this that she ate that

picture

yeah yeah yeah

Tomb

another tomb, this emperor made minutures instead of full size people

Key Card

when you enter a chinese hotel room you put your key card into the slot to turn on the lights... I wish I had known..

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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