July 24 - Sight seeing

Today Vince and I toured Forbidden City, The Great Wall and Summer
Palace. The temperature was HOT. It was basically 95 degrees but
with the heat index (humidity) it felt like 115. We toughed it out
and had soaked in the sights. The funny thing is, Beijing is the
coolest of the other cities we plan to visit. YIKES. Our most unique
experience of the day was that we almost stepped on a snake climbing
the great wall. Okay- so it was small, but was a snake none the
less. We rode ski lifts up to the wall, and toboggan slides on the
way down. Now that was fun. I am missing Davis terribly and anxious
about meeting Hanna. The reports from Mom is that Davis is doing well
and school is going good. I couldn't imagine being away without
Skype. He talks to us, runs to watch TV for a minute and then comes
back to chat. Pretty neat.

We fly out at 12 noon tomorrow for Hangzhou and will meet Hanna on
Monday. I don't know exactly what time at this point. We are
exhausted and settling in for a day of travel tomorrow. Thanks for
checking in on us.