Hello Friends and Family, Today we visited a Cloisonne factory and saw how it was made. I had no idea that it was enamel on copper. They take pieces of copper, bend it to make a design, stick it to the piece, fill it with enamel (which is very sand like) fire it, and repeat 6 times. It is quite a process and really makes me appreciate these works of art. The big highlight of the day was the Great Wall. We traveled just outside of the city to Badaling to this entrance to the great wall. This is one of the areas that has been restored. I thought you could just climb forever on the great wall, but I found out that much of it is in disrepair. Our guide has done hiking trips to
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