Beijing – Day 2

Friday, June 28, marked our first full day in Beijing, and we surely made the most of it! Our day began before dawn with getting into vans for our drive to the Great Wall of China. Our trip took two and a half hours to get to Simatai, a village with one of the best [...]

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Beijing – Day 1

Our train left at 9:40 Wednesday night to arrive in Beijing at 8 in the morning. Even though every other car we passed had beds for the passengers, ours managed to be one of two with standard seats on the whole train. Nevertheless, we had a comfortable ride, played euchre, slept, and arrived at the [...]

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BEIJING Trip

Introduction to our weekend excursion to Beijing, May 27-30.

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