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We made it to Beijing at midnight Beijing time with ALL our luggage! However, one couple was not so fortunate. They hope to receive it by Sunday morning. We traveled for 30 hours and we were exhausted. After sleeping for a few hours we were up at 5:45 am getting ready for a day of sightseeing. Today we toured Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Summer Palace. We also went shopping at the Pearl factory and Silk museum. Scott has been stopped a couple of times and asked to have his picture taken with the nationals. He is a Rock Star here!! We have eaten at 2 nice restaurants where one had table cloth covers that were ECU colors.

Tomorrow we go to church, jade shopping and the Great Wall. These first couple of days are packed with activities. With all the places we have been shopping we have mostly "window shopped". We are thankful to be able to Skype with Hope but she seems more interested in seeing herself on the computer than us. That's Hope Girl! Meeting Levi on Monday and we are ready. Will blog more later and try to have pictures.