Beijing or Bust

On the way home to the States my friend Lindsey and I stopped in Beijing China to see The Great Wall. Crystal, my friend from church and her husband Mike were our official tour guides. Crystal picked us up from the airport and we drove about an 1 1/2 out of the city to get to a good spot on The Great Wall. It was everything that I believed that it would be. Then we headed into the city again, and met up with Mike and ate some authentic Chinese food. We had bullfrog. It was good, but not a lot of meat, and lots of other bits that we not edible. Then we headed to the Forbidden City. The place is huge, way bigger then what I was expecting. Then we headed to Tiananmen Square where the huge riots happened. After that we headed on the subway to get into a different part of the city where we ran some errands with Mike and Crystal. We were only in China for 27 hours but we saw a ton. Now I think that I have seen all of the greats. The Great Wall, The Great Barrier Reef, and The Great Ocean Road.

Last Day

Today was the last day of school. Even the earth shook because it was so excited. Actually it was an earthquake. The first earthquake that I have ever felt while being in Indonesia. To celebrate the last day of school we sang and danced to some of our favorite song from the year. We played some outside games like sharks and minnows. We watched How to Train your Dragon. We had a potluck lunch. There was lots of fried noodles and chocolate. Not together, but separate. Then we played with water balloons and had a cool pool party. We finished the day with a compliment circle and Grade 1 Hug Fest 2012. It was a great day. I am very tired. All I have left are some meetings and then I will be on my way home Friday night.