Hey guys at home, Rochelle and Joanna in the house! So, today we met two Buddhas at the Jade Factory. One was a statue and one was in our group! Afterwards, we climbed the Great Wall. Fortunately there were no fatal falls down the steps although we may have wanted to push some of the venders down the wall. They would mob you and follow you half way up the wall to try to sell you anything! I think we all spent wayyyyyy too much money on knockoffs, like Louis Vuitton, Coach, Gucci, Rolex, Fendi, etc.. Then we went to the Friendship Store, where they make copper vases and we ate lunch in a restaurant upstairs. After that we went on on Sacred Walk, seeing many relics from the 1400's that we weren't allowed to climb on for pictures. Then we were off to the hotel for a buffet dinner and freshening up for the splendid concert we performed in the Goldensail Concert Hall. Now is off to the sauna for some revitalization after the long climb today! Oh, and thank you so much for the sponsors for helping us get to climb the wall.

P.S. My family all says "Hi" to Patrick!!!

(A fun cultural note....  the slide of the little boy in the yellow outfit.  Notice the slit in the back of his pants.  Seems lots of toddlers go diaperless and the slits allow for quick stops for emergencies with little clean-up required....  We have seen several kids in this sort of outfit.)