The title is the name of a song that is stuck in my head since we arrived in Beijing on Thursday morning. It’s their Olympic song and I play the video for my students every year when we cover China. The last time I left Beijing was 8/7/2008 - one day before the opening ceremony. It’s amazing to see how much the city has changed in the last 10 years and it’s even better seeing it through Coyle’s eyes. It’s funny what appeals to him. His favorite thing about our room is the over the top bathtub. As soon as we got into the room he turned the tub on and started jumping in! He keeps asking to take more baths - not a question I get a lot at home.
Thursday and Friday we had the chance to visit the Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. As I expected the main tourist attraction at these places was Coyle. He had a great time interacting with all of the people who came and wanted to take his picture. He would take his camera out and take their pictures too! I think we have about a million pictures of the midsections of Chinese people!
As a social studies teacher visiting Tiananmen Square with a tour guide is always interesting to me. After some very pointed questions from me (in the car, not in public) she shared with me that people ask her a lot about student protests but she doesn’t know much about that.
Coyle also had his first Chinese food and made his first attempt with chopsticks. He really got into his meal - even though I didn’t order the fried croakers!
Finally we went to an acrobat show where Coyle was way too interested in the guy stacking the chairs. He just kept saying “he’s so high mommy” and then clapping away every time he added another chair. I fear for my dining room chairs!
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