I'm in China. :)

Yes. It's true. I'm in China (first Beijing, now Qingdao). With Amy and Noel.

:)

Ah! It's still a little mind-boggling at times.

Noel, Amy, and me at the hotel in Beijing. My first night in China, and the first to see Amy and Noel since MAY!


While Amy was at teacher conferences all day on Friday, Noel and I hit China. ;)
First stop, THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. In the first picture, you can see it peeking out from behind our shoulders. In the second picture, we climbed exactly 1.2 million steps (just kidding) to reach the top of this particular stretch of wall, and the end of walkable wall.

The stretch of Great Wall that we hiked was called the Mutianyu Great Wall. We took a cable car up to it.


Noel, the expert bargainer, bargaining for dried strawberries. :) The Chinese most definitley know how to argue their prices. Hurray for Noel! ;)


More updates to follow! :)