Saturday, January 1, 2011

China: Part I

Get ready to scroll. Lots of pictures. Very little commentary.

Strolling around the streets of Shanghai...


There's a sweet baby Jackson in there somewhere...


Home of the first Communist party meeting--very important...

More streets of Shanghai and views of Pearl Tower. Soooo pretty!



Beijing:

The Forbidden City...









Outside entrance to Drum Tower...

This lady was not happy that her charming salesmanship did not result in my buying her plethora of tourist goods...

On our way up the very steep flight of stairs to the drum tower...

Inside the drum tower...
These drums were pretty awesome and would probably have been even more awesome if we had made it on time for the performance. Next time. Hazel looks like she's having fun, huh?


The Olympic Green...

Bird's Nest



Pretty much there are guards everywhere doing a whole lot of nothing--except smiling and waving when they catch you taking their picture!

Pictures of the Great Wall next!











2 comments:

Dawn said...

Very Cool Amy!

Heather said...

How exciting! Sounds like it was a wonderful trip!