Day Two: Tiananmen Square Today was the beginning of the adventure... Woke up and had a quite breakfast at the hotel. Enjoyed Frosted Flakes, Croissants, Orange Juice and delicious espresso. Gramps was perfectly content reading the Hearld, which I am coming to realize is the best paper in the world... We took a quick jaunt into the city to find a "Radio Shack" or something similar. We ended up at a place called GO ME which was an electronic super store. When we walked in, all eyes were on us (white Americans) It was just the experience that I have been looking for. To be such a minority then when you enter into an establishment - you felt a certain sense as though you should not/ or do not belong there... Shortly there after, we
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