A Week in China

Well, I have been here for a week now and have experienced over a 1000 years of Chinese culture. it has been a long week beginning with a walk through the Forbidden City and Tianamem Square. Then the next day off to the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs. I have eaten more Chinese than I care to remember including some animals which I would normally not put through my lips. Today we were taken to a Chinese spa and thermal springs where we soaked in different ponds of very hot waters followed by an hour of a Chinese masseuse ripping the cooked muscles from the bone. Tomorrow I may have trouble moving much but I guess with over 5000 years of experience they should know what they are doing.One of the really interesting things about Beijing is how open and modern it is. I am not sure what I was expecting before I came but this was a real surprise. Very positive too. I look forward to coming back and suggest to anyone interested to - give China a try.