Day 1 Beijing

Today we headed out to the Great Wall. It took about 1.5 hours and some crazy driving to get to our destination. I(mom) slept the entire drive. The jet lag and this cold I brought with me on this trip is kicking my butt. We took the gondola up and back while we walked many steps to enjoy the sites. Thankfully it wasn't too cold or windy and while their was fog we were still able to see far and wide. I'm glad we were able to see such history in person. We arrived back to our room around 3pm and all passed out for a short nap that ended up being a 6 hour nap. I've never experienced such a hard time with jet lag. So after enjoying a very late dinner in our hotel we are all going to enjoy a melatonin nite cap in the hopes we can adjust our clocks.