Great Wall with Aunt Karen & Uncle Chuck + extras

April 14, 2013-

Pull up your bootstraps!  Let's go for a hike on the Tianjin section of the Great Wall.

Now- if you come to China there is ONE thing you MUST visit-

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.  

Let's break for a picnic lunch:

I hope you're hungry! We've worked up an appetite on this hike. We've got fried jiaozi (from last night's dinner), carrots, bell peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, radishes, apples and hard boiled quail eggs.

Those are some REALLY steep stairs:

Whew…that was one tough hike.  How on Earth am I going to finish a 7.5k run in May?

Yeah…..I don't think I'll actually be running this.  Nope.  I'll be WALKING this so-called run.  

🙂

How about we head out to hot pot for dinner?  I don't feel like cooking, do you???? 

Let's head to Haidilau for hot pot. I love the Noodle Guy and his little noodle "dance". 

Some of our assortment of thinly sliced meat, mushrooms, spinach, lotus root, sweet potato slices and noodles:

Can you smell the spices?? woo wee!!! The spicy stock is REALLY spicy!

How about one more activity today? Do you think you've got enough stamina to tag along on a night boat ride on the Haihe River?  Debbie, Croydon & the boys will be joining us.  

Thanks, Debbie & Croydon, for buying our tickets!  As is usually the case we're running late.

The Tianjin Eye: