Things you can do in a hotel, with a 3 and half year old, at 2am: go to the gym, hit the pool (which is empty today, but they have an agreement with the Marriott next door), take a bath and watch sumo wrestling on tv at the same time, take a shower and play with the shower hose, jump on bed, destroy pillows and finally break down and watch a video. Breakfast opens at 6:30 am!
After breakfast we walked around the main tourist areas, with an emphasis on parks near the Tian'anmen Square area. We rented a little boat on a little lake. Ds found a great indoor climbing play gym. By noon ds crashed in the stroller and we returned to the hotel. I plan to let him sleep another hour then wake him and take him swimming before dinner.
So far Beijing is proving very cosmopolitan, very clean. We are seeing big tour groups but all Chinese. Today we saw only maybe a handful of caucasians. We saw toddlers in split pants with nothing underneath- truly letting it all hang out. We are wondering how this works when they do a deed? Maybe we'll find out tomorrow.
Video with the Girls
14 years ago
3 comments:
I am glad you made it safe and sound. Looking forward to photos of your family day!
Christe
Don't you just love the split pants??? We were told that they start potty training at just a few weeks old. Actually, it sounds more like training the adults! Oh, and watch where you step... some of those deeds can happen anywhere!!!!
Nicole
How wonderful to be able to read all of this! We send you much love and are so amazed by the story so far! And there is nothing quite like jumping on a foreign bed at odd hours of the night : ). xoxoxoxo
Joanne, Ludovic and Hugo
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