  I am finally starting to feel normal again...things are basically caught up at work, the clothes are out of the suitcases, the laundry is done! My house is still a mess, but I am getting there! Adjusting to the time again has been hard...China is about 13 hours ahead of us...so most of the time during the day I am feeling as though it were morning...very early in the morning...the night before last I got a pretty good nights sleep and woke up on time...but last night was another crappy sleep night (well, to be honest I was distracted by a cute boy, but that is another story!
) and a late wake up. So you have already seen the itinerary for the trip (if not, check out the old entries in my blog) so I am pretty sure you are aware of where I went...everything was fantastic...by far, the most amazing was the Great Wall...I was there and I still hardly believe it. The hike up seriously kicked all of our asses...it is much harder then it looks. The people in China were great. They were so fascinated by me and my mother (tall blondes, they just don't get many of those over there I guess). Many people stopped us to take pictures with us or tried to be stealth about getting us in pictures...it was hysterical.
Shopping...the markets are awesome. Everything can be bartered for - which was great for a shop-o-holic like myself. I spent barely any money and came home with a ton (we even had to buy new backpacks to fit some of our new things in). So much is happening in Beijing right now...with their preparations for the Olympics...construction seems to be happening everywhere. I believe they are attempting to put up 500 new hotels...it was either 300 or 500, cant quite remember.
They are also relocating many locals out of their impoverished housing in to new apartments...sadly they are tearing down the historical 'eyesores'. Some see it as a good thing, some see it bad. I hope to return to Beijing after the Olympics to see what changes will stick, if anything at all. So I am in the process of getting pictures online, urlLink here is the start... 
