Good Morning China!

Those were the words that Zoe uttered as she opened the drapes this morning and looked outside. David and I were laying in bed and we laughed, as it was so cute but so poignant. Here we were back where it all started for her and our other 3 daughters. How wonderful to be back where they were all born and to have them here to on the journey to get their sister. All of the girls are literally euphoric to be here but seem very casual that everyone looks like them! We thought that would be amazed by this ,but they don't seem to be affected by this aspect. Our guide showed up at 10 am to take us to the Great Wall. We had a small private bus with a driver and our guide, Jenny who suggested that we go to an area of the wall where most foreign tourists don't go. It had cable cars that took one up to the top of the mountain where you could get out and climb the wall and look at the beautiful views. Each car (think enclosed ski lift) took about 4 people up, so we used 2 cars. We then spent a glorious couple of hours on the wall and afterwards were bombarded by stall merchants who all want to sell you something. We did buy a few things and David bargained for 5 pink t-shirts that had a picture of the Great Wall to give the girls. 5 shirts for $5.00! These merchants are aggressive and will stand in your path and not let you move past them! We left the wall and drove to a really nice restaurant and had a really delicious lunch. We all love Chinese food and could eat it 365 days a year, so eating in China is heaven for us. The bus ride was about 1 1/2 hours each way and we had such great sights of the way people live in China. The old and the new, the beautiful and the not so pretty. But we loved it all.