Beijing Day 3 - Part II

This afternoon we decided to venture out on our own with a taxi. We headed to the Hard Rock Café. We had intended to go for lunch earlier, but the restaurant had been closed for a wedding. Apparently this happens often because if you look at the schedule on their website, "They are Tying the Knot" is on the calendar regularly. At any rate, they opened the doors to the public at 3:00. We arrived at about 3:30 and had a very nice meal.















After our meal, we took a taxi back to our hotel and napped for a couple hours. It was glorious. :)

We'd purchased tickets to the "Legend of Kung Fu" shoe earlier in the day. The show started at 7:30 so we thought if we headed down to the lobby looking for a taxi an hour ahead of time we'd be in good shape. Well, it's a good thing we planned ahead, because apparently trying to get a taxi during the 6:00 hour in Beijing is next to impossible. We were finally able to make it happen and we arrived at the show with plenty of time. We had decided to leave the camera at the hotel because we knew photography wouldn't be allowed during the performance. We didn't count on some of the before and after shots being available. We just snapped a couple with Ron's iPod.





The show was very entertaining and the athletic ability of the performers was phenomenal. You all know how observant Hope is and how she processes things with such sensitivity. Well, the story of this young boy, Chun Yi being left at the monastery to study the Buddhist way of life, etc. was not missed. We had a few tears when Hope was processing the future of Chun Yi bring without his mother/family. When it was all said and done and once we finagled Beijing taxis at night trying to get a ride home, we all decided that we enjoyed the show very much.

Time to SLEEP! Our ride to the airport will be here to meet us at 10:00 tomorrow morning.

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