Back in Beijing
We officially returned back to Beijing. We are entering our 8th day here and we saw our first Americans and did our first tourist activities. The Henan province has very few foreigners visit it and especially Americans.
We were relieved to not be constantly stared at. Casey is a total attraction to almost every single person here…I mean who has seen a man with red hair! And the women here are so enamored with him. I have decided to give him a nickname – George (after George Clooney). I am Brad Pitt – he has adopted some kids. We are like two movie stars everywhere we go in the capital of Henan or in Kaifeng. Think I am kidding – if you ever come here to this beautiful land you will see exactly what I am talking about. The culture of Chinese is to be SO hospitable. And they love Americans so much so we get even more respect, admiration and yes, movie star stares. But Casey…yes, Casey….he is such a heart throb to SO many women here.
We toured the Great Wall – which was simply amazing! We also went and visited Tianeman Square. We saw their Parliment building and are crashed back at the hotel right now. Casey is taking a nap before we depart for our final dinner here.
Our battery camera died so we can’t upload any more current photos from our trip. I also can’t figure out how to add a ton of photos on this blog via the gallery option. When we return back to the states we will put together a slide show and some video that we will send out via our website and email.
Casey will also be adding his stories and perspective after we return. He has said that he is still processing all that we have absorbed. In general we are both exhausted and drained.
But to my students who might not be ready to come back to school well I will be ready – I will be on a 15 hour flight and will be absolutely rested and ready….I just might be in the wrong time zone and be sleeping while it is school hours!
We are ready to come home now that our objectives were met. We leave tomorrow at noon (9:00 p.m. PST)
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