Starting the day off with breakfast

Our first day in Beijing

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June 19th 2007
Can you say "culture shock"!?! We have been preparing for this day for many months and felt we were ready. We had the great fortune of meeting Lisa and Mr. Dong, our personal tour guide and driver while in Beijing. The weather was warm, about 88 degrees F and fairly humid. The city was shrouded in a haze, but we were on our way. We started with a breakfast in the hotel which was a ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more