Forbidden City

What a cultured afternoon we've had here! With our tour guide Ellis we took a took trip to the Forbidden City, a walled palace build for the Chinese emperors in the 1400's. Along with their servants and families, they lived here in grandeur holding feasts, a variety of political and religious celebrations. We got to see the thrones, the bedrooms and the hall of supreme harmony- a place where the emperors would go to reflect! We saw the imperial gardens with their creatively grown trees before riding back to our hotel on a tuk tuk ...ouch. A very bumpy ride!

Shopping!

So we've been to the peal markets today and looked at plenty of handbags! There are many beautiful items for sale and we are now VERY good at haggling. Off to the forbidden city and Tiananmen square this afternoon with plenty of water and sun cream - its 28 degrees in Beijing today! Love to all at home xx

Hi everyone!


Mrs Atkinson here!! No, I've not nipped over to China to meet Mrs E and Mrs G.


I received a message from Mrs Edwards to say that she couldn't get internet access to blog so she's sent me the last couple of updates so I could load the pictures and messages - modern technology eh.


It looks as though they are having good time. I love Mrs Edward's face and the excitement of street food. I told them we said a PG prayer for them in Golden Merit today and all wish them a safe and happy trip.

What a day!

Today has been eventful! We arrived into Beijing airport at 3pm and collected our luggage before taking a taxi to our hotel. The traffic here is pretty busy and it takes a LONG time to get even short distances!  Once we had freshened up we met Ellis and Candy who took us out for tea and a wander round some lovely souvenir shops. Its warm and stuffy here but we've seem some great sights with more to come tomorrow.... Night all xxx

Bonjour!

I bet you can't guess where we are?!

So we're here at Manchester Airport and about to board our flight to Paris! This is a short flight before we head to Beijing. We're hoping to get some sleep on that flight because it will be 3pm when we arrive on Friday. Keep checking the blog to see what we are up to!