Another full day!  We saw The Great Wall (at the same place we took Simon and Henry and Ethan three years ago) We took the steeper, less traveled side of the wall and it was beautiful with hardly another person on it. Amazing, because the opposite saw was swarming with people.  The camel was still there from the last visit and Meila and Anya each took a turn on it followed by Popsicles ..brought back a lot of memories of our trip to China to bring Henry home. 





Before and after the Great Wall we took two factory tours..The Jade factory and the Cloisonne Factory, both interesting but definitely overpriced and a bit of a high pressured sales department. We held our ground pretty good and didn't buy too much of anything.
Late afternoon was very hot which made the tour of the Summer Palace a bit less interesting with all the little girls ready to be done for the day and hoping for enough time to swim before dinner.  We did take a neat boat ride on the lake there and the breeze was a welcome relief from the heat.
Unfortunately, the kids never got to swim as we made it back to the hotel with only 30 minutes to wash up, change and then walk a few blocks to our Peking Duck Dinner. 
We have had two birthdays of children in the group this week and tonight celebrated with singing and cakes..Anya's eyes got pretty big with anticipation of her big day coming up next week!
We have an early day tomorrow, leaving at 7:30 for welcoming meetings with the officials from CCAA, BLAS, and other governmental offices to be followed by a group pictures in our newly issued matching shirts and hats. 
Good night,
Kelly, Anya, Meila, and Grandma Anita