We are back from China! Because we have Google Phones, China did not like that or our VPINs one bite...so we were not able to post pics or anything for that matter, while we were in China. But we returned late last night after 12 days, and are exhausted! But we had the most wonderful time! We traveled with the Hixon Family, whom we met 12 years ago when we adopted, and have been friends and stayed in touch ever since we met. So we thought this was the best year to go! The girls are 13, and Jesse will soon be off to college, so off we went! We traveled to 5 different provinces...Beijing, Xian, Changsha, Guilin, and Shanghai. We were treated with the upmost respect the entire time and everyone kept calling the girls "luck girls". That made us all happy. We had wonderful guides every step of the way! The food was something, but we all made do and did the best we could!!
I'm not even sure what the building was, but so pretty and represented the style of so many of the buildings we visited....
The first full day was spent at the Great Wall of China! We walked from station 14 to station 6 and just loved every second of it!
John, Lance, and Jesse starting to tire I think!
This is how we recharged our batteries in between stops!
Our guide Kai did a fantastic job in Beijing with us and here were are at Tianamin Square
All over China are street vendors..and some of these vendors are Michellin starred. Amazing food at some of them....and of course lots of wierd meats on sticks! Here is claire with a delicacy called Dragons Breath!
The terracotta warriors in Xian did not disappoint....they are still unearthing warriors today!
Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin....We were surrounded by mountains the entire trip!
Jesse learning how to pick tea leaves and make tea at the Guilin Tea Farm....and tea was bought!!!
View from our hotel room in Guilin!
We took a daycruise of the mountains in Guilin and boy was that the most beautiful thing we have seen.......
Shanghai as seen from The Bund! It puts the NYC skyline to shame.....buildings in all directions as far as the eyes can see!!!
We went to a few temples along the way during our trip and boy do they love their Budda! But they are beautiful to see and smell of fruit and incense!
The Nighttime Shanghai skyline as seen from our nighttime cruise!
Shanghai has the most beutiful flowers and landscaping I have ever seen. Flowers and plants are literally everywhere!!! My happy place!!
And yes we went to the top of this......Lance did not like it to say the least....
Yes that is a glass floor 100 floors up! And no Lance is nowhere near it!
Mary Grace and Claire had a blast all trip long!!!
A typical garden in Shanghai
A gondola ride in Tongli Water Town outside of Shanghai....like Venice in Chine!
It's popular now for teen girls to dress in their cultural costumes for pictures apparently...so pretty!
OUr view nightly from the restaurant in Shanghai!
And yes I did shop and get the hang of the bartering thing...just as Lance cut me off!!!
So blessed to have gone on this trip of a lifetime and so glad we arrived to and from each place safely. So blessed and grateful for Lance for providing this trip for us! We love you Lance!!!!
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