6/8/15

Up early today with a walk at 5:30 before a breakfast of soup and dumplings. After breakfast we packed our bags and headed for the Great Wall. The hike began at 8:00. By the time we got to the top and saw the wall we were tired but extremely excited to see what awaited us. When we first got there, we all took a moment to quietely take in the view and take a few pictures. After that, a few of us went off to a nearby tower up the mountain. There we took in an even more beautiful view and reflected amongst ourselves about what an amazing experience it had been so far. Before long it was lunchtime, and we headed back to the tower at which we first arrived for lunch. We ate watermelon and pita with fresh meat in it. Anyway, after eating lunch we again went off on our own on an even farther journey up the mountain than we had before. We went up 3 towers farther, and a few of us even went up so high that we could see over the other side of the mountain. Once we had contented ourselves with the amazing views and were feeling pretty tired, we headed back down to the village for some much-needed rest and reflection on the wonderous experience we had just enjoyed. After our rest we made dumplings and ate them for dinner. It has been a great trip so far!

Signing out Connor Jacob