zhongbian - middle

One of the days while we were in Beijing we took a tour to the Great Wall of China! The started by taking us to a place called Mr. Tea. There we tried the Chinese specialty tea... which I forgot the name of. We tried four different types of tea. They showed us how they make the tea and how to hold the cup properly. I really hate the taste of tea but it was a cool experience. After Mr. Tea the tour guide took us to the Beijing Olympic Park. There we only got to walk around the outside of the park for a few minutes. After the Olympic Park we were taken to this place where they make and paint pottery. We went from building to building where they showed us each step of the process. My favorite part was the part where they painted the pottery. The paint was mainly powder with a little bit of water, and they were able to place the paint in the tiny creases of the designs they made. After the pottery place we go the bottom of the Great Wall, where we ate lunch. After lunch half of the kids took the cable cart to the top of the Wall, while the other half of the kids and I decided to hike to the top. It wasn't as hard of a hike as our tour guide made it sound. It was only a 15 minute hike climbing up stairs. Walking up to the Great Wall was an unreal experience. We didn't get to walk along the wall for a long time, but we were able get some good pictures. Afterwards we took a toboggan ride down to the bottom! It was pretty scary but SO fun! Next the tour guide took us to an acrobatic show. It wasn't as good as a cir dis ole show, but it was still entertaining. For the finale they had 5 people riding motor bikes in a big metal sphere!