January 2012 22
Back in Canada
After a nice long 11 hour flight we arrived back in Canada. Carole was moved up to first class for the last 10 minutes of the flight as she had a connecting flight less than two hours after arrival in Vancouver. She then got held up at customs because she stated that she had a […]
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Today is a travel day. We will be packing up here at the Beijing Novotel and doing a few last minutes things before heading out to the airport at 1:00pm. Then we have a wait for our 6:00pm flight to Vancouver. Although Carole is heading to Winnipeg, she will be home faster than the other […]
We need to see the Giant Pandas
After a couple of stops, including a rickshaw ride in Old Beijing and a stop at a Pearl Factory, we made it out the Bird’s Nest. The site of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was impressive if not, unphotogenic. Small business “vendors” were very prominent here as well. Our next stop […]
Can you say HOT!!!!!
After another long day of hiking around Beijing, this time at the Badaling portion of the Great Wall of China, we decided to go out for supper at a restaurant that we had discovered earlier in the week. The head Chef at our hotel had also recommended it. Carole wasn’t feeling well so she didn’t […]
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