Chinese Movie Set

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We were picked up from the train station on what looked like a golf cart and were zipped to our hostel through the streets of what looked like an old movie set! Besides being in awe, I was waiting for Bruce Lee to jump out! Our hostel was an old governor's house so it was gorgeous and the quiet, a welcome change to the cities! We were in what Dave thought was the concubine's room, but there was plenty of space and a table with big chairs. After a nap, we went out to explore the city and bought a ticket that let us into all the sites within the walls! After tackling the great wall we decided we could handle the city wall and walked around it to get a better look at the city! It was clearly an activity that not many foreigners do because we got lots of stares but the view was worth it! For the rest of the afternoon we wandered in and out of banks, temples, martial arts arenas, etc., getting a feeling for what old China must have been like! After exploring the city we kicked back at the hostel the same way the governor used to...watching a dvd! It was an amazing experience that pictures don't do justice! xoxoxox Amy

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Photos

Our Hostel
If it's good enough for the Governor it's good enough for me!

Chinese Medicine heals all!
After going to a hosipital in Bejing for a cold that wouldn't go away...Amy sips her medicine!

Entrance to a home
Almost everywhere within Pingyao there were no cars allowed!

The gate to the city wall
The first part of the wall that we walked around surprising the locals!

Men at work!
Working on the city wall

Working girl!
Soph helps with repairs

The view from the top of the wall
Sophie really bring us back in time...to the 80's...with her wind swept hair!

Rooftops from the wall
The old school architecture was beautiful!

Who needs Bruce Lee?
Statue protecting one of the taoist temples

Old relics
This one made us jump

The next Bruce Lee?
Dave shows us his Tae Kwon Do skills aren't as rusty as we thought!

Before we were blessed!
The front of a Toaist temple

Comments

[monique landry]

Amazing pics!
Hi gang! Still amazed by your pictures of China! It really does look like a movie set. Weird medecine Amy. How did it taste? Thanks again for sharing the adventure! Monique :)

[Aunt Helen]

CONGRATULATIONS
Thrilled to get your call and I immediately went out to tell Uncle Orm who was so pleased and we are anxious to meet this young man who has won your heart. Debbie and Julia visited us for two days and now in Montreal so they too will get the news Love

[Nana]

Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday for Sat. Loving all the news, the file is getting really thick.Looking foreward to the next instalment. Nanaxxx