Trip to China
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Wednesday, July 5, 2006 We visited the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square today. The histories of both sites are just fascinating and full of turmoil. Tiananmen Square is now a place where people fly kites quite often, and we saw some colorful ones. It draws large crowds and everybody wanted their photo taken in front of the iconic Mao portrait. The Forbidden City was full of ornate buildings with colorful ceilings and intricate doorways, a huge wall with carved serpents and many gem, jade and coral displays. It also, sadly, housed a Starbucks. I enjoyed a red bean popsicle along our journey. It was better than it sounds! We had a blast visiting the local supermarket. We browsed the huge potato chip section, with such flavors as fish, barbeque rib, and crispy chicken drumstick (which Joe is eating right now). We could spend a week just wandering around checking out all the fun and unusual flavors. We are now off to Chongqing!

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