Day Eight (Thursday)
Trip Start
Oct 10, 2007
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Trip End
Oct 24, 2007
Beijing,
China
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Today, although chilly in the lower 60's with very strong winds and sunny, we had a new twist on our sight seeing adventures. We began our day at 7:00am and visited a traditional antique street "Liulichang Antique Street" a long street with antique shops, art supply stores, tea rooms and many other treasures (mostly fake) to be found and had. We continued to Silk Street which is a large three story factory and showroom dedicated to the making of fine silks. The entire group learned how silk is made (all the stage of the silk worm), the different ways the silk is used to make thread or to make fillings for bed quilts. Then we ventured in the show rooms to view the wares that they had for sale. Obviously much too expensive for our tastes, but fascinating, nonetheless.
We took a short walk and visited a local restaurant )Beijing style food that was loud and full and very amazing again!
After waddling out of the restaurant, we traveled to the Pearl Market to test our skills at haggling and our newly obtained skills on learning how to buy pearls and knowing what you are buying. After an hour and a half, we returned to the hotel for a break then a short dinner and back to pack for tomorrows trip to Xian.
