Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, and Hutong Viilage Tour

Today's tour was full of Chinese history. Tom, our guide here in Beijing, took us out on an all day adventure enriching us in Chinese culture. Our first stop was Tiananmen Square where we learned about the government of China past to present. We took a group picture and noticed that some of the Chinese people were snapping photos of us! Next, we entered The Forbidden City where we saw the homes and offices of Chinese Officials. Our pictures do not do justice to the architecture and ornate colors of these structures. After several hours, we headed to our rickshaw tour of the Hutong Village. This was my favorite part of the day! We rode thru the village and toured a home. Our trip ended with a visit to an authentic Chinese restaurant. We had our own room and were served our food family style, I managed to eat my dinner(at an even slower pace than normal) with chopsticks! We had a great time sharing stories with the other families in our group. Both families that are hear with us are precious people and we all have a great time together. We are still trying to catch up from our jet lag! Tomorrow will be our last day in Beijing, including a trip to The Great Wall, Cloisonne Factory and Bird's Nest. Our time here has really been amazing (and cold!), we are anxious to leave Monday for Nanning where we will be united with our daughter. * Notice the similar picture on this post to our China "Disney" post?