Saturday, April 16, 2011

Beijing, China - Day 2


overlooking the Forbidden City at Jingjang Park
Inside the Forbidden City

On day 2 we started out tour with our English speaking tour guide.
Let's just start with some comedy.......let me just say that the American way of waiting in a single line for the next available stall is NOT the way they do it in China. (Not to say one way is better than the other) In China, you wait in front of a particular stall until that female is done and then you go in. Hmmmmm? The best part is ......... the is NO toilet paper in PUBLIC toilets...EVER! SO we had to carry around a roll of Charmin in a gallon sized Ziploc bag for a week :)
Overlooking the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square
A tea shop where we learned about Chinese tea and how to drink it properly
fried scorpions, water snakes and spiders...all on stick! I tried to eat one...but I couldn't take it -- you could still see the hair on the scorpions!
Chinese acrobatics show

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