Tianlongyuan Hot Spring Resort
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China National Holiday 2012
I have been on vacation since September 28 (Saturday) and it doesn't end until classes start on October 8 (Monday). The reason: the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Holiday.
The festival was on Sept. 30th and is marked by eating moon cakes and observing the larger than normal full moon at night. I didn't eat any moon cakes (because I don't like them) but I did go out to dinner with one of ...
The Big 40
... back to me again
Yes today I turned 40! So it was great to be on holiday and in China. We headed to the wall for the day. About an hour drive from the hotel. With 7 of us we rented our own driver and guide so that made it very easy.
As Adam has said the wall is spectucular - especially when you think about how old it is and how it was constructed. This is my second visit to the wall and I feel very lucky to have come back and brought ...
Overcoming the wall..metaphorically and physically
... only climbed 1500 stairs (that's an approximation...Courtney will know the exact number...she counted...). That probably only equates to maybe 500m of the 8850km that makes up this vast man-made marvel.
The first decision was where to climb. There are numerous parts of the wall that are open to the public for climbing and Sherry, our guide, chose a spot that she said would be less crowded (by Chinese standards that is...). The trip took about an hour as it ...
St. Anthony & the Cricket
... with an empty middle seat, and it was as good as it could get really, short of Business Class. I have my routine down as far as what I do and do not need on a flight and got into my space quickly - contact solution, Ambien, book, Chapstick and this time, my new fancy iPad I splurged on since they just went down $100.
We landed in a rainstorm and what they called fog. Um, no, it's pollution. The airport is HUGE, and that actually sparkles. ...
Local Mall and Street Market Beijing
... short and headed back inside the mall for some A/C.
We didn't do much in the evening. Earlier today, we discovered that Dwayne Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Cris Paul played in a charity basketball game less than a mile from our hotel last night.
Tomorrow is our High-Speed Train trip; really excited about it.
Love you all!
Lionel and ...
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