Great Wall

It was the most beautiful Beiing day! Actually, the weather has been so nice over the last week, but yesterday it was perfect! ...and no smog! The sky was so blue...

We were on a school excursion! Haven't been on one of those in a while! We went to the Mutianyu section, which turned out to be fantastic! Mutianyu is not as popular a destination as Bedaling, being a bit further away. I think, though, that Mutianyu is much better, especially because there are a lot less people here and the wall is not as steep as at Bedaling. The scenery around the Mutianyu Great Wall was amazing, as I heard a French man exclaimed, "C'est manifique!" (hopefully I spelt that right!).

Although there was the option of taking the cable car, we decided to brave it and walk up. Some of us were already tired by the time we got to the entrance! It was pretty hard walking up all those stairs, but the views were more than worth it! ...and we tobogganed down the Great Wall - what a touristy thing to do - but a lot of fun!