I think we first visited a jade "museum" and all was not lost, I at least purchased a pair of jade earrings I liked. Then we finally made our way to the Great Wall! There are lots of spots of the Great Wall you can be dropped off at, and according to the itinerary we were at the Juyong Pass of the Great Wall. We started off at Watch Tower #18. It was incredibly steep and tall from where we were standing!! I had hoped we would be dropped off at one of the more horizontal stretches of it. We walked around a base a bit to take pictures before we ventured up the steps to the next Watch tower.
Unfortunately Maddie was in a terrible mood, it was hot and she was sleepy. Joseph strapped her into the baby carrier and made his way up with her. Pau Pau and I took our time up the steps, stopping a few times along the way. Others would stop right in front of us and just sit down, which I found annoying, until I had to do it myself!
We finally made it to the next Watch Tower and went inside and let Maddie run around a little bit. We then started walking back down and coming down was harder than going up since it was so steep and the steps were uneven! After making our way down, Maddie eventually feel asleep and Joseph walked around and took photos while I went to cool off at the gift shop!
We then went to a Chinese medicine store but the tour guide let Joseph to take Maddie in the stroller and walk around rather than be stuck inside. Luckily we did not get pulled into individual consultations with the doctors and we all snuck outside and waited around until the tour guide arrived.
We then got dropped off at a busy night market street called Wangfujing Street for dinner on our own again. We then headed to the hotel exhausted after our first day in Beijing.
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| Maddie eventually stopped loving the bus so we had to entertain her somehow! |
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| At the Great Wall!! |
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| Poor hot tired girl |
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| Panoramic view from the top of Watch Tower 19 |
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| At the night market |
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