Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace and Pizza Hut

Last night was kind of rough for sleep....Colin ended up in the bathroom reading a book around 4am because he just could not rest....having said that, we are all amazingly wide awake at 4 in the afternoon. This morning Pryce decided to try some noodles for breakfast....he loved them! That was our first adventure. Then we met our guide Jerry (aka the boys "bodyguard" as they like to call him) for our tour of the Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace. The Temple of Heaven was amazing. It is basically a huge park where a lot of locals go to do Tai Chi, cards, sing, and basically just hang out. The Summer Palace was great too....the architecture at both places was just amazing. To be honest, it was really cold and incredibly windy. We loved having the opportunity to get out and see some of the history but we also loved having the opportunity to get back in our warm van. We saw the Olympic stadium on the drive back.....really cool. Then we found a Pizza Hut for lunch....just like in the states....again, I am not a huge Pizza Hut fan but it tasted really good. I think the highlight of the day for the boys was their swimming time in the hotel pool. The pool has this whole Greek theme going on....the boys loved it! We just hope that there wasn't a lot of water swallowed by the boys. We have a few more awake hours to get everything together....I think we are going to Baskin Robins for dinner. Tomorrow is our Great Wall tour and then we are up early the next morning to catch our flight to Chongqing....yippee, not much longer now to MK day....Colin was asking today how much longer....they are really ready for their baby sister and we are ready to hold our little girl!

Tai Chi and water painting

The Temple of Heaven

The Sumer Palace

Olympic Stadium - AKA The Birds Nest

The boys swimming....(The caps are mandatory at the hotel, aren't they stylish?)