Title: China 2009: Beijing


P1110177.JPG|Tiananmen Square on the 20th anniversary of the protest
P1110178.JPG|Tianamen Square (note the plainclothes policeman)
P1110187.JPG|Where the statue of liberty was (on the road)
P1110193.JPG|Bob and Olga in front of the Forbidden City
P1110194.JPG|Brenda in front of the Forbidden City
P1110196.JPG|Brenda, Callie, Bobbie, Karen, Olga, and Linda
P1110200.JPG|One of the buildings inside the Forbidden City
P1110202.JPG|A bridge in the Forbidden City
P1110209.JPG|In the Forbidden City
P1110212.JPG|Old paving meets the new 
P1110217.JPG|Outside a temple in the Forbidden City
P1110223.JPG|Our gang reassembling
P1110229.JPG|A temple in the Forbidden City
P1110230.JPG|A temple in the Forbidden City
P1110233.JPG|Some buildings in the Forbidden City
P1110247.JPG|Food vendors near the business district
P1110248.JPG|Want some starfish on a stick?
P1110252.JPG|Food vendors near the business district
P1110257.JPG|One of the menus
P1110258.JPG|Sea Horses on a stick
P1110261.JPG|Well-lit building in the business district
P1110263.JPG|Sunworld Dynasty Hotel and maybe a church
P1110268.JPG|A briday photo shoot
P1110278.JPG|In a cloisonne' factory
P1110283.JPG|In a cloisonne' factory
P1110300.JPG|Brenda tries her hand
P1110306.JPG|A vine-covered building opposite the choisonne' factory
P1110375.JPG|Linda with our hosts at a meal in a home near the Great Wall
P1110379.JPG|A garden in an interior couryard
P1110381.JPG|Two kids in the courtyard
P1110394.JPG|Bob in front of the Olympics Bird's Nest
P1110395.JPG|A building with a large video screen neer the Olympics site
P1110396.JPG|The Bird's Nest
P1110398.JPG|The Ice Cube
P1110402.JPG|A street in Beijing
P1110169.JPG|A street in Beijing
P1110403.JPG|In-line skaters
P1110405.JPG|In-line skaters
P1110406.JPG|Note the shorts.  It's hot and shorts are okay.
P1110408.JPG|Nice motor scooter...probably electric.
P1110409.JPG|Neighborhood Tai Chi seen from our hotel room
P1110410.JPG|Neighborhood Tai Chi seen from our hotel room
P1110415.JPG|Linda gets a temperature check for Swine Flu
P1110427.JPG|In a city park.  Painting with water.
P1110428.JPG|Tango in a city park on a Sunday morning
P1110436.JPG|We interrupt and they don't seem to mind
P1110441.JPG|Line dancing in the city park
P1110444.JPG|Done to music.  The ball is made to stay on the racket to dance
P1110449.JPG|Park police. Note the tennis shoes.
P1110450.JPG|Note the split in the pants...normal for toddlers not potty trained.
P1110453.JPG|That was fun.  Next rock.
P1110457.JPG|Parents seeking mates for their grown children
P1110465.JPG|Recorder lessons in the park
P1110469.JPG|Our guide, Will, watching them play
P1110471.JPG|Impromptu performance
P1110473.JPG|Go?
P1110475.JPG|Mexican train?
P1110478.JPG|He was playing an American tune
P1110481.JPG|In front of a temple in the park
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P1110499.JPG|On the grounds of a Buddist temple in Beijing
P1110516.JPG|Many young people burning incense
P1110520.JPG|Many young people burning incense
P1110521.JPG|Ringing the bell at the temple
P1110526.JPG|At the summer palace
P1110531.JPG|At the summer palace
P1110540.JPG|At the summer palace
P1110549.JPG|At the summer palace...700 yard covered walkway
P1110559.JPG|At the summer palace on a boat
P1110562.JPG|At the summer palace
P1110569.JPG|Silk worm cocoons in a silk factory
P1110599.JPG|A street in the hutong.  Look at their cars!
P1110594.JPG|Entry door to the house in the hutong
P1110591.JPG|Main room looking at the bedroom
P1110590.JPG|Open-air entryway to the house
P1110592.JPG|The kitchen
P1110586.JPG|Our host's niece painting inside a bottle
P1110588.JPG|Masterpiece inside a bottle
P1110600.JPG|Chinese touring the hutong in a pedicab
P1110601.JPG|Chinese touring the hutong in a pedicab
P1110623.JPG|Catholic Church in Beijing
P1110611.JPG|A Catholic church in Beijing
P1110622.JPG|Volunteers guides and workers in the Catholic church