Hello from Beijing

Today we had a wonderful day of meeting our travel group members and touring the city of Beijing.  Unlucky for us, Beijing is experiencing an unseasonably warm spring.  According to the weather channel today's high was 101 f.   Tonight it rained and hopefully tomorrow the temps will be normal again.

We visited tin-amen square and the forbidden city.   Later this afternoon we enjoyed a rickshaw ride to a local family's home for lunch.  I guess the true highlight for me today was Leah using the squatty potty for the first time.  She was amazed by the hole in the floor. As soon as we got back to the group she demonstrated the proper technique for Dave.  What a trouper she is. Despite the heat we had a wonderful day.  Tomorrow we are off to the Great Wall.