Acrobat Show

As an end to a very busy day, we went to an Acrobat Show in Beijing. The Chinese are known for their Acrobatic skills and it was an enjoyable show.
There were lots of spinning plates and standing on heads.
This man changed his mask into different colors without his hands. Here it is red.
Then it was blue with a different expression. His headdress was amazing with long feathers sticking out the back.
We also saw girls doing yo-yo tricks, guys doing back flips and all sorts of tumbles, and a girl who could balance a table on her feet while laying on her back. She spun the table around and around. She also spun a large jar with a man from the audience sitting inside it. The last act was the bicycle with ten or more people on it waving fans. It was amazing.
What a great ending to a full day!

Signs

We saw some interesting signs while we were in China. This is a road sign. Hope you're not driving too fast, you might not be able to read it all!
The Olympic motto carved into a rock.
Sign outside the ride that Abby did while in Nanning. Glad there were no psychopaths or intemperate pregnant women around that day. They might have been mad that they couldn't ride!
And then there were the familiar signs. We saw this sign in the Beijing airport.
Coke has definately made it to China!! In a big way.
Love how they incorporate the wavy lines of the Coke logo in with the Chinese writing.
Even the Chinese need nice looking skin.
We ordered pizza from Papa John's. It was good. And even the Colonel has made it to Asia.
Wizzing past the Pizza Hut. We actually ate at a Pizza Hut twice in Nanning. It was a nice restaurant.
And, of course, good ole WalMart. What would we do without it? And Abby's favorite, McDonald's.

Which one is your favorite?

Olympic Stadium

Our first day in China was so jam packed with events that I never got around to posting all the pictures from that day.

After the Great Wall, we went to lunch and then drove to see the Olympic Stadium from the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. After so much climbing and walking, Abby was very tired (not to mention the travel time and lack of sleep). She fell asleep on the bus on the way to the stadium. So we had to wake her and she was not up to walking around. Plus, I forgot to get her coat before we got off the bus and it was windy and cold. Flat Panda was, once again, too cold to get out of the bag for photos.
The "Bird's Nest" as it was called during the games.
Even the walkway lights were in the same design.
We got to go inside the stadium. It was very big inside. The track and the field were covered, so we did not get to run a lap. Oh, well. We already had our exercise for the day at the Great Wall. As with all the other tourist spots we visited, there were TONS of people there taking pictures and taking pride in their nation's history and culture.
This is a sign that has the Olympic Mascots for Beijing.
Once outside the stadium, I zipped Abby up in my coat to help keep her warm. That made her happy!
Flat Panda waves from the warmth of the tour bus.