http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Cereal6991/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Cereal6991 en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:24:31 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:24:31 UTC Today Bobo woke me up by poking my head until I opened my eyes. I am going with my uncle in the morning to see swimming at the Water Cube. I woke up at about 730. As usual breakfast toast and peaches. I thought of bringing my Chinese flag to swimming even though China isnrsquot the best at it. We left at 800 and took the regular route to the Olympic Green. My uncle didnrsquot know h http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/blog-311531.html Today I woke up at about 630 to get ready to go to gymnastics. My aunt is taking me to watch it at the National Indoor Stadium. I had toast as usual for breakfast. Last night I charged up my camera battery to full. Bobo was still very fuzzy when he woke up. I was very excited. Today would be the first day I go see an Olympic event. We packed everything up. I brought my camera and my O http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Olympic-Park/blog-310432.html Today my cousin Winston is coming to our house. Winston lives in Canada. As usual in the morning I did my routine of finishing my homework before breakfast eating breakfast and then playing for a while. At 800 my grandfather and I went to the SOHO area in Beijing to receive our Olympic tennis tickets. My grandfather took me there by his motorbike. In the SOHO district there are many ta http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/blog-305084.html Today I woke up at about 530. I have fully recovered from jet lag too. Yesterday night we went to Wangfujing Street and visited the Beijing Olympic Souvenir Flag Store. Inside was buzzing with people. I bought a small hat that had the five Fuwas on it. I also bought a shirt and a towel. Inside there were so many Fuwa Souvenirs like shirts mugs hats and other stuff. There was also a http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/blog-304704.html Today I slept much better than yesterday night. I woke up to the sound of my grandfather making breakfast. I didnrsquot know what he was making but I got up to see. On the table I saw to toasts with lots of butter on them. A prosciutto and butter sandwich and some cooked eggs. As I got down to eat I thanked my grandfather and hugged him. Then I started eating. The toast was very goo http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/blog-303156.html As my mom woke me up I heard the voices of my grandparents talking on the phone. Today is the day I go to China by myself. I got dressed quickly and ran downstairs to eat breakfast. I would carry three bags to China. Two would get checked in and a small suitcase will come with me onto the plane. My plane leaves at 1200 at Washington D.C. National Airport. It took http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/blog-302362.html