We took the cable car up to the wall, walked for quite a while along the wall, then took toboggans down the mountain. It took a few hours and we were all exhausted by the end. All except the two-year-old, who had her own personal Sherpa to carry her the whole way.
Our whole group (photo set up by Jon.)
On Friday we took the train to Beijing as the final part of Brendan’s birthday surprises. He just thought it was a family trip – until there was a knock on his cabin door and Paul, Suzy, Mike, Casey, and Jon and I were there with a bottle of bubbles singing Happy Birthday! I think he would have fallen over if he hadn’t already been sitting down.
Mike and Jon got a hold of my camera and fisheye lens and took most of the photos in the gallery. The tiny confine of the train compartment was a perfect place to use it. More to come!
Our friends Casey “Any Excuse to Party” and Mike “My Future Wife is a Crazy Cat Lady” threw a big BBQ a couple weekends ago. The occasion was Picasso (their foster cat) turned one. Picasso’s favorite toy is corks from wine bottles, so we needed to consume wine in large quantities as our gift to him. It was a lot of fun – and made me miss doing this back home! Our couchsurfers, Kelly and Ellie, came too and we had a great time hanging out.
