The last few days in Beijing were fabulous! If you know me, you know I am a complete sucker for the Olympics...like out of control, crazy, emotional wreck kinda cuckoo girl! So, that being said, anytime I have a chance to visit an olympic park/village, I'm all over it! I loved seeing the water cube and the birds nest and imagining all the spectators and athletes that were there! We also had a chance to have a famous Beijing peking duck meal that night and saw a Chinese acrobat show, holy amazeballs!!!! The next day we visited The Hutong, an old historic neighborhood in Beijing, where a local family hosted us for traditional lunch. We learned tai chi in a lovely public park and socialized with the locals there. After our exercise in the park we headed to the gorgeous Temple of Heaven where we learned about the emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The Cube
Hangin with the mascots!
My cute baby brother
Love this shot of Gma
The birds nest
Inside the water cube they were rehearsing for an awesome show!
The cube is fancy at night!
Duck time!!! (I was so nervous!)
My proud moment, first time EVER successfully using chopsticks! So proud!
Beijing way of eating duck
Where we saw the acrobat show, it was truly AMAZING!
On our way to the Hutong
Such a different culture!
I love this picture, it shows a lot of differences but he is just like us, texting friends!
We loved the hand warmers on the bikes
The front of the house we ate at!
The sweet lady who fed us!
Rickshaw time!
Bryan being our guide
Tai Chi is flippin hard
Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this is so what China "looks like"??? I love it!
The public parks are full of happy people playing, singing, dancing, and people watching!
They welcomed us tourists!
This was a serious game....
...and we got in on it!
One of the highlights of the trip!!!!!
Temple of Heaven
These will forever be my favorite pictures
So typical, Chinese men gambling
Groups of them everywhere!
So I joined in! Can you find me?!
