Day 3 - Forbidden City and some Kung Fu

Chris had to meet a few work clients throughout the day so Stephanie and I were flying solo today (with our group of course). We braved the subway ( which was an experience on its own). Our guide Freda told us that after 9:30 am it is “less busy” so we chose the “less busy time”. I would NOT want to see it during the busy time.
We made it safe and sound.
We crossed Tiennamen square to get to the Forbidden city. Wow it is quite the place!!
Absolutely huge. You need several hours to get through it. An English speaking chinese man approached us to be our guide during the tour and we accepted him. It was great it was quite the history lesson.
It feels like the Forbidden City goes on forever. Stephanie got very attached to Shelley (one of the Moms in our group) and Stephanie started calling her her second Mom so that is what we call her now.
The weather was hazy a bit drizzly no sun out and very humid but we all agreed it was great weather to do the Forbidden City instead of burning sun with the humidity. There was actually a slight breeze at times which was quite nice.
Definitely a difficult tour to do with a small baby with many steps and up and down and uneven cobble stones.
After a brief break in the room when we got back to the hotel we saw Daddy briefly for about 15 minutes coming back from one meeting and off to another. The rest of us met to go the a theatre show called The legend of Kungfu. It was fantastic. We all enjoyed it.
For dinner we just ate at the buffet in the hotel restaurant (which is considerably more expensive than eating outside the restaurant) but we were all tired and looking for something quick and convenient.

There are a few pictures posted of the Forbidden City. There is a picture of Stephanie and Shelley (Stephanie's second Mom). There is also a picture of Stephanie and a little Chinese girl.

We were told that many people will want to take pictures of Stephanie because she is blond and pale (pale skin is beautiful to the Chinese). She had her picture taken several times by Chinese people today.

Stephanie wrote:

I went to the Forbidden City with mommy. It was massive. They had some construction going on and the gardens were beautiful. I saw some of Tienamen square .

In the evening I went to the red theatre to see the legend of kung fu”. It was really amazing. They had acrobats that did kung fu” moves.

We're off to do some shopping today. Only two more days until we see Sophie!!!

Caroline, Chris & Stephanie