One thing that people generally don't mention about the Great Wall is that, in most places, you have to hike up a mountain for about an hour just to get a glimpse of actual wall. Also, people will try to sell you things for most of the hike. But it is at a great discount. Because you are good friend. And they sell for big loss.
I bought two t-shirts for 25 kuai (3 bucks) after working them down from 300 kuai. I didn't really want them, but once you've haggled with someone for ten minutes you sort of feel obligated to buy something.
We forgot it was Spring...
First View of the Wall
It's a big wall.
Alice, Jesse, Vince, Will, Nell, Hillary, MeWe had a snowball fight on top of one of the guard towers.
After two hours, it was time to go. We were all very sad.On Sunday Will, Hillary and I went to the Winter Palace, which was really just like a gigantic garden with lots of lakes. They would have been lakes, at least, if there had been water involved. Big muddy holes is more like it. It was a beautiful day, though, and a very nice place to visit overall.
Something we don't see much in Beijing
Hiding behind a tree in the bamboo forest... can you see me?In other news, I'm going to be on CCTV on Thursday as part of a three person panel discussing the United States elections. As I was walking up the mountain to the Great Wall, Dr. Sun came up beside me and started asking me all of these questions about politics. Afterwards, he asked me to be on the panel. Which is funny, because I don't actually know that much about the individual candidates, so I guess I have to start studying.
That's all for now. We only have one more action to learn in our 24-action Tai Chi class, so I know that the semester is winding down. Just a few more weeks of "young maid passing the shuttle through the loom" and "finding the needle in the sea" and "grabbing the sparrow's tail" for me. I'm about ready to be back, though. I miss fake Chinese food. That's very sad, isn't it?
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