Temple of Heaven and Celebrity Paparazzi

I forgot to mention that the first day, we decided on the public transportation route. Subways to the Forbidden City. Crowded. But as we discovered, with a gajillion people, it's pretty rare to find "not crowded". Jim and I boxed out a little area for the kids to stand. Then a lady saw the girls and harrassed a man sitting down until he finally gave up and relinquished his seat to the girls. Satisfied, the ladies on the subway proceeded to talk to the girls.

Such was our first taste of our girls "celebrity status". Almost everywhere we went in China, people would stop us and see if they get their pictures taken with the girls. (See above). Do we know these people? Nope. Just random groups of people wanting to talk to the girls, touch their hair, and get their pictures taken with them. We had one little boy who kept following us because he was so fascinated with the girls.
Anyhoo...

Here we are at the Temple of Heaven....you know standing at the Center of the Universe ;-)

Getting here was another adventure. We decided to take a taxi instead of the packed subway. Mistake. Our cab driver apparently had just learned how to drive. He'd stall out when he had to stop the car. It took us forever to get to our destination. So we walked and walked....and had ice pops in the heat.