Two SOB's
Our travels, our adventures, our memories
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May 29, 2016Yet another early morning start as we prepared to leave Xian for Shanghai. The 4:30 alarm was rough after a short nights sleep. After breakfast at the hotel we loaded up the bus and made our way to the airport. The Xian airport was less chaotic then the Beijing airport…
May 27, 2016Today's itinerary was packed full of things to do in Xian. We met at 9:00 in the lobby of the hotel, only to find out that we needed our passports to get into the history museum that we were going to. I actually heard this as we were waiting for…
May 27, 2016This morning we met at 8:00 for our trip to Mt. Huashan. The bus ride took about 2 hours. We first stopped at a shop outside the visitor's center where we could buy gloves and maps. Our local tour guide suggested the gloves for holding on to the rope or chain railings while…
May 25, 2016We had a very early start to our day since our luggage needed to be in the hotel lobby at 4:30a.m. A small breakfast buffet was set up for us and soon we were on our way to the airport. Forest helped us get checked in and led us the…- May 25, 2016Today was another optional tour day that we chose to do. We took the subway to the Lama Temple area. Our first stop was the Imperial College and Confucius Temple. This was an interesting place where 300 students every 3 years were selected to study and take exams. Only the…
- May 23, 2016Today was an optional tour to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the largest urban square in the world. It can hold up to a million people. Our tour guide, Forest, provided us with lots of information about the buildings surrounding the square. Tom was expecting to…
May 21, 2016Race day is finally here. It started very early with a 2:30a.m. wake-up call for a 3:30 departure. On the way to the wall we heard a pop and I wasn't sure if we blew a tire or ran something over. The bus driver pulled over and checked it out,…- May 21, 2016We had a later start time this morning of 9:00, so that of course meant I was up in plenty of time at 4:00a.m. Err - don't think I've quite overcome the jet lag yet. After the buffet breakfast we were on our way to the Hutong area of Beijing.…
- May 20, 2016Everyone was excited to head to the Great Wall of China today to check out the wall portion of the race course. We left the hotel at 6:30a.m. for the almost 2 hour bus ride to the wall. We arrived at the wall with plenty of time before the mandatory…
May 18, 2016I went to bed at midnight on Tuesday night, and I slept relatively well throughout the night. I got up at 6:30 feeling refreshed. After another buffet breakfast at the hotel we were on our way to the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace is a man made palace/gardens for the…- May 17, 2016Seeing as I was super exhausted when I went to bed last night, I thought for sure I would sleep the night through, but no that darn jet lag got me. I was up at 11:30p.m. and again at 2:00a.m. Unfortunately when I woke up at 2:00 I wasn't able…
- May 17, 2016The trip that has been in the making for a few years has finally come! It all started in October 2010, when Tom and I were on our European adventure when we walked by the end of a half/full marathon in Paris. At that time, I thought it would be…
