Today was a fun day. We went and walked along the old city wall with its towers and beautiful scenery. I will try to post some photos of it as a picture is worth a thousand words. But it is a pretty place. Then we went to a lacquer furniture factory which was hot and could have been left out as far as most of us are concerned. After that though, we went to the Small Goose Pagoda and it was just so interesting and lovely. The gardens were wonderful and peaceful and you could hear and see some new birds which was fun. In one of the shops, they had Roy Ball prints....the other prints were Chinese farmers so I'm not sure what the deal was. I tried to ask but the guides didn't know. I'll try to put a photo on of that.
For lunch we went to a revolving restaurant on the top of one of the 5 star hotels but it doesn't revolve at lunchtime. But it was still a pretty place to eat and a good meal. Then we came back to our hotel. Allen and I went down to the market at the muslin area and had a great time looking and trying our bargaining skills. I think Allen has already told you about my big success. Actually, I could have gotten a North Face fake Goretex jacket with zip out polar lining. His final offer was 200 yuans which was about$30. Allen convinced me if it was a fake North Face, I could count on the Goretex being fake as well....but it was a nice looking jacket! lol. I looked for Tiger stuff as next year, I think, is the year of the tiger. This year is the year of the pig and not especially collectible for us. I did see some cloisonne gamecocks.....but passed them by. Anyway, it is great fun and we all compared our stories when we got back. We had a free drink (Coke-so good after a hot outing) downstairs which most of us took advantage of after our strenuous bargaining!
Jim has not had a good day-he has hurt pretty badly so he came back and has been in bed all afternoon. Hopefully he will feel better tomorrow for our flying but he will have a wheelchair at the airport. Also, Steven said we can rent a wheelchair at the Forbidden City so that was huge news. Jim made it to the top of this wall and he said where we are going, the first level of the Great Wall is not much taller so I hope he can make it to the top as he wants to so much. He has endured much but he has also enjoyed the trip and seeing what he can.
Will try to go post some photos and hope it works.
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I feel like I have been to China with the updates from Bud and you. It sounds like everyone is having a great time. Thanks for passing on the gamecocks (I may teach at USC, but don't appreciate the mascot). Love you guys!
Megan
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