Day 2 Keep Us Moving Until We Drop

The idea is to get us out in the daylight and to keep us awake so our bodies will adjust to a 13 hour time difference, so we had a full schedule.  Our hotel's continental breakfast was the best and healthiest I have ever seen.  Real eggs, not reconstituted powdered eggs like in the US, fruit, veggies, oatmeal, cereal, breads, meats, noodles, rice and salads were available.  It was more like a brunch. Our two oldest kids are pretty adventurous eaters and are willing to try about anything.  Even though it's been recommended that "you should identify your food, before you eat it" we haven't take this advice.  We went to the Great Wall, a large jade store, the Beijing Olympic Park (built for the 2008 Olympics), and a tea room/shop called Dr. Tea.  The weather was beautiful.  It was sunny with a cool breeze.  Here are a some pictures to tell about our day.

First experience eating a Chinese breakfast.  It
was more like dinner to us.

Entry of Great Wall.

A lookout at the Great Wall.

Kiana

Kaden. Karson, and Karrah climbing up Great Wall.

Karson taking a break.

This jade ship took 3-4 years to carve from jade.  The chain attached to the
boat was carved from one piece of jade!

Many couples place these locks along the Great Wall to
secure their love for each other.

Kaden and Kiana trying a Tang-hulur.  We have
wanted to try one of these for more than 10 yrs.
since we read the book, "Little Pear" when Kaden was
in Kindergarten.

Karrah flying a kite at the Olympic Plaza.

Kaden, Kiana, Karson, and Karrah in front of the Bird's Nest arena
used in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Traffic in Beijing

Trying tea at Dr. Tea's Teahouse