TianAnMen Square, then the Silk Factory - Below
The Summer Palace - Below
One year ago today, we went to see The Forbidden City, TianAnMen Square, a Silk Factory, and The Summer Palace. We saw the Birds Nest and other buildings where the 2008 Olympics would be held. It felt as if we were taking pictures constantly (at least when the cameras would cooperate), and yet, there are so many things that we missed. We barely have any pictures of ourselves and only one of the four of us together, at the Great Wall. We really should have had done one of those at each location, but, as usual, those photos are the ones always forgotten .... Even worse, we only have one picture of the five of us together in China - on the Red Couch. Pretty depressing given the significance, huh?
.Anyway, I digress. November 16 was actually the first day that we met the others in our traveling group. We had all arrived in Beijing on different flights, from different parts of the United States. Each family was preparing to meet their babies in their own way. Some were soaking in the culture that was so much a part of our new daughters, trying to learn as much as we could about this world so far away from our own homes. It truly was an amazing place with its own unique sights, smells, tastes, and sounds. We saw things that our daughters had never seen - even though it was their heritage and not ours. That makes me sad for ElleAnna and the thousands of children like her. Maybe someday, we can go back again, as a family. We can show ElleAnna and she in turn can show us - just as its been all along.
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