Tienamen Square, Forbidden City and Acrobat Show

Today we toured Tienanmen Square, the Forbidden City and went to see the Acrobat Show. The square is pretty amazing - it is the largest city square in the world. We only got lost from our group once! The Forbidden City was undergoing alot of renovation so some of the main buildings were covered with scaffolding. They are sprucing it up for the Olympics. It is pretty awesome to walk on the same bricks that millions of people have walked on before. It wasn't quite as crowded as the Summer Palace had been. Many people here in China are just winding down from a week of holiday. They celebrate a national labor day on May 1 and most people have the entire week off from work. Too bad we couldn't pick up that custom from them!!
The Acrobat Show was terrific! Bailey was about ready for a nap but she perked right up when all the action started. We tried to take some pictures but of course they are pretty blurry - it will give you kind of an idea of what they were doing though.
For dinner, Marjie, Bailey & I hopped a cab and went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was pretty cool and we had milkshakes and hamburgers! We didn't trust the veggies so had plain burgers but there was real ketchup! We had to get our bags out in the hall by 9:30 pm as we are leaving early in the morning for the airport to go to Hefei. Only 2 more days until we get Emma!