Our last full day in Beijing

Today was our last full day in Beijing, and we made the most o it!! First off we did what many visitors to Beijing do, we went ice skating! August was keen to make igloos and throw snowballs before he saw the rink. But he soon re aligned his expectations and was struggling along the edge. Not for long! I was so impressed after maybe 4 laps around he was in the middle with me and skating along on his own. Evita too got a pair of skates and did her laps, but she decided ice cream was more interesting. Go figure.

After the skating we decided to go and visit the Birds nest and the Water cube. None of our events took place in these venues so we hadn't gotten a chance to see them yet. Well we used the new subway line and it got us close. We milled around there admiring the view of the buildings but from afar. Then magically we were picked out from the crowd to receive "Olympic Green Passes". We were escorted to the green and could walk up to the buildings and generally felt like royalty. What a great way to end our visit to Beijing and a cherry on top of our China Vacation.
Tomorrow we will begin our journey back to Mexico. We have a night flight from here and then one night in LA before our toes can bask in our warm tropical waters.

Jim highly reccomends that all of our readers begin planning an extended vacation immediately: It's the only way to travel.

Hasta la vista!