Off to China -- Without the Blog

We are off to China tomorrow for a vacation with our grandson Kyle.  Unfortunately, because of the cyber security concerns with personal electronics and remote access in China we won't be doing a live blog from there as we go.  For those who are interested, however, we promise to blog it in retrospect when we get back.

The plan is to start the trip in Beijing where we will see the Forbidden City and also walk the Great Wall of China.  We are staying in an "old style" hotel, so that should give us a bit of a taste of how China used to be.

Then it is on to Xian to see the terra cotta warriors and learn a little bit of Chinese history.  To get there we'll take the bullet train, which should be an interesting thing in and of itself.  After Xian we head to Zhangjiajie in the southwest part of China.  The countryside here is said to be magnificent -- it was the backdrop for the movie Avatar.

Or last stop is going to be Shanghai.  Big city, the Bund, neon lights, and a side trip to the water town of Zhouzhang.   It's gonna be a blast.