Going to the meet 2night

Have been in chinafor 24 hours now -- having lots of adventures. English is definitely not very useful here, but Adam has picked up a a bit of Chinese! Last night we wandered in the hutong neighborhood near our hotel (which is actually a big apartment complex). The hutong is a maze of allys - big enough for bikes, which make them kind of peaceful. This am we got up very early to get to the olympic village to meet up with Rodney Martin, a sprinter who gave us his family tix for tonight and tommorrow's track finals. It was pouring, so we got pretty soaked, but we're excited to be going. After getting the tix, we wandered around in the rain to find some breakfast; found a little hole-in-the wall place selling yummy steamed dumplings with tea eggs & hot &sour soup for $2.50 for2! Fortified, we then went to the forbidden city. now we're resting & putting on our usa apparal for tonight. goUSA


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