Bugs, Tips, and Crazy Ladies

Walked 25 miles today up and down steep mountains. No one ever told us that the Great Wall of China is literally straight up a mountain side. It was pretty impressive. We survived with a smile on our face. The Forbidden city is massive and totally Chinese looking. DId you know the emperor got 3000 woman just to himself. How does one sleep with 3000 women. Also when he died they hung all of them to buried with him. Mom is doing as the Chinese do... She pushes, shoves, tramples, and gives no personal space. But she is happy because we found the first fountain Diet Coke.

Our tour guide was wonderful today. Except at the end of the tour she told us exactly how much we needed to tip her. We ventured on the subway to find a night market. Was a fail at first until we saw some red lanterns only to find an entire city of china town with food and souvenirs. I got a little adventurous eating squid tentacles off a stick, mom got curly chips, we drank dry ice lemon drink, and I finished it all off with a salty and crunchy GRASSHOPPER.

At the end of the day mom needed one more souvenir. We haggled with a lady ad she agreed on a price. When I gave here the money she started yelling atme and stuffing things in my bag. Stood my ground and all is good. Forgot to tell you we were three minutes late to our cab and the driver threw a bottle of water at us. For more details I will be writing more blog posts soon!