Beijing!

Grandma and Grandpa treated Julie and Eric to three days and two nights of free babysitting, so we headed off to Beijing. An afternoon was spent visiting a colleague's lab and presenting at a conference, respectively, but for the rest of the trip, we were tourists.

Our first impression of China: Starbucks and KFC at the airport!

Our hotel was right by the Bird's Nest:

An unreconstructed part of the Great Wall (Jiankou to Mutianyu):

Peking Duck:

Tiananmen Square and The Forbidden City

My tour guides at Peking University

And of course seeing Fuling was a great highlight!

Transportation

Be it by ferry, double-decker bus, tram or subway, the ride there was more important than the destination for the boys.

Sweaty

We had been warned that August is not the ideal time weather-wise to visit Hong Kong...

Yum!

The Johnsen family all agrees that the food was the best part of Hong Kong!

Halloween, continued