Today was a busy day with lots of tourist attractions
First stop was the Jade Factory. I was looking forward to going and planned to spend lots of money :) Jason left the credit card at the hotel which I think was intentional. We went to the Jade market in Hong Kong and bought some there but I was still planning on buying more. It was very expensive and I didn't fall in love with anything so we ended up just buying a small family ball (I think that is what it is called). I read before I left someone regretted not buying more jade in Hong Kong so I bought quite a bit but now have the same regret of wishing I had bought more.
Next stop was The Great Wall. It was so exciting to know I was actually going to see the Great Wall. There was two ways to go on the wall so we decided to challenge ourselves a little and go the side with the better view
It was a little cold there but the sun was shining so it was perfect day.
Our last stop for our day was for lunch at the Cloisonne Factory. I didn't know what cloisonne was until today and it was really interesting to see how many steps go into making it. Cloisonne is made out of copper and then hand painted. It is expensive, of course, when you see how much work goes into each piece. We bought an ornament so every year I can enjoy it. I wish we could have taken pictures of the people working but no photos were allowed and we decided to follow the rules
On the way home we drove by the Olympic grounds. We could have stopped in but I think the whole group was tired by this time so driving by and taking a picture was enough. We did a little shopping at a market close by but are waiting for our big shopping day on Tuesday.
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