Another busy day

Four weary Wall climbers at the top of the hill.

Just to let you know in case we suddenly stop posting, my computer is giving us problems. We will keep posting as long as its still cooperating. Today we went to an English church service for foreigners. Only non-Chinese people are allowed to attend. Our guide Sherri said if the service was open to all, the Chinese people would fill the church because they would all want to see what the caucasians look like. After church we went to the jade factory. It was very similar to the pearl store; there was a large variety of items and sales people following you all over the store. I have to say I'm glad we won't be visiting another one of these stores for awhile. Its alot of pressure. They want you to buy everything you look at. So you don't get a chance to look at much. We purchased a couple of more gifts for Sophie to give to her in the future. Then we had lunch and looked a little bit at the store next door (low pressure shopping this time). After lunch we went to the Great Wall. I only went up about 1/4 of the way. Larry went all the way up to the 2nd tower. He thought there was about 500 - 1,000 steps. It was really nice to see but everyone was exhausted afterwards. We drove back to Beijing (about 1 hour) and had dinner. Beijing is so big that most of the 1 hour drive was actually driving through the city to the other side. Its only been 2 days and Chinese food is already getting old. We can't wait to have our first McDonalds! Tomorrow we leave at 5:40 am for the airport. We leave somewhere between 7:00 and 8:00. After we get to Harbin, we go to the hotel, unpack and get to go meet Sophie! Wow!!