There are no words to adequately convey the intense bombardment of my conflicting emotions at The Great Wall of China. It was an absolutely reverent sojourn, amazingly spiritual, and left me with a deep sense of awe. After visiting the Olympic Park, we drove north...
Our first stop this day was Olympic Park, home to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. A pleasant Wednesday in June, there were no milling crowds, no rush to get from one event to another, no gold or silver medals hanging in the balance of a split second. We walked for a...
Still almost uncomfortably full from our delicious duck dinner, I’m thinking it’s time to head for the hotel after our heavenly visit at the Temple of Heaven when our guide said, “There’s an Acrobat Show we can just get to on time, if you’re...
The Temple of Heaven is round because the heaven is round, explained our guide. It’s also painted blue, but here in the 21st Century, the sky is pretty smog-laden, and a blue sky backdrop is a rarity rather than the norm. Nevertheless, the weather Bruha (that...
We’d already had a pretty full day, what with Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City and the Silk Factory tour, and had worked up quite an appetite by midday, so we opted to eat our only “included dinner” at that time. Our guide, a 12-year veteran of customizing his...
