July 3, 2012

Hey everyone.  Happy fourth of July!  We have seen lots of historic sites, lots and lots of people and lots and lots and lots of traffic in Beijing for the past two days and are off to the great wall to celebrate the fourth.  No freedom to blog here, all are blocked so emails to Howard that he will post are the best we can do for now.  No pictures for now either.

Weather is just like home, brutally hot.  I'm told we are lucky that it has been sunny and clear as it is usually very smoggy.

Our travel group is great and our guide is amazing.  She has the connections that make us feel like VIPs wherever we go.  And boy do we go.  Days are very full but evenings relaxing and early.

We'll catch you up again once we get to Xian.  Maybe blogs will work there!

Special thanks to Howard our Number 1 cousin, Tom's best friend and a wonderful person for helping us stay connected.