Sunday, January 4, 2009

Greetings from Beijing!

Today was quite busy... we toured the Forbidden City (which is HUGE!!!!)... Even though we spent 1/2 of the day there, I do not think we got see but about half of it (although we did tour the center axis from north to south http://www.sights-and-culture.com/china/forbidden-city-map.html).  We also went to Tiananmen Square (which is right outside the south entrance to forbidden city).  After a brief rest in the afternoon, we went across Beijing (30 minute cab ride) to see the Olympic Park.  We were able to see the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube.  We toured the Bird's Nest and we were able to go on the field however we were unable to go into the Water Cube since the ticket office closed quite early.  For dinner we had Peking Duck... (yummy).

Tomorrow we are signed up for a tour of the Great Wall and The Ming Tombs... it will be another full day.

For thos of you who don't know I fractured my right ankle in September and I'm still recovering.  I am using my walking boot and one crutch while on vacation.  Before leaving for vacation I was going to physical therapy 3x's a week in order to be able to walk on vacation.  Today, I was able to walk most of the day with some short breaks to rest.  I am going to ice my foot down tonight and hopefully I will be able to make again tomorrow.

Night night!

Jaime