The Great Wall

Today we visited the Olympic campus, a jade factory and The Great Wall of China. We learned that jade comes in more colors than just green (who knew there is black jade, purple jade, white jade, orange jade and others).

Of course, the highlight of the day was seeing and climbing The Great Wall. Levi and Kevin went the furthest up to the highest tower in the picture with the 3 kids (Levi was incredible). One thing to note -- the steps on The Great Wall are all different heights, making the climb and descent more difficult.

We are now in Tiayuan, about 2 hours from the city where the orphanage I located. We get to meet Aris for the first time tomorrow morning, an I believe that he will be with us the remainder of the trip. Everyone but me is sleeping now, and I need to go to bed. Bye for now.

PS. Sorry if the pics are sideways. I can only post from my Blackberry and haven't figured out how to turn them yet.
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