Yesterday was an amazing day! We got up early, ready to climb the Great Wall. We first stopped by the Ming Tombs and the Sacred Way. The history behind this area is absolutely amazing! The careful thought and consideration that went into the placement and orientation of every building with relation to the mountains and river is absolutely astounding! If I were emperor I wouldn’t mind being buried there either!
After lunch, we finally got to the Great Wall! And I must say that it is absolutely incredible. Once on the wall you can look off and see the wall running in different directions as far as the eye can see. The wall never really ends, it just disappears into the horizon. The wall itself is very hilly and every time you climb to a new hill, you get a different view. It was breathtaking.
Today we spent a lot of time at Nankai University in Tianjin. The city is very different from Beijing, even though it was only a 30 minute train ride away. Everyone there was very nice and treated us very well. Lunch was delicious, the conversation was very informative and fun and the students and faculty were so sweet. They even gave us all beautiful glass pencil holders when we left. We had a lot of fun and I am very glad I was able to make some new friends.
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