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Now you’ve started something doombuggy! Just spent the last hour looking at 3 days tours of Beijing 🙈🤣 See more... |
Sorry working 7 days a week gets in the way and I didn't see your comments.
We took the train up to Beijing and then we were picked up and taken to Mutianyu.
The section of the Wall here isn't as busy. We were there on a Saturday in late October. We took the skyway-type ride up (like a ski lift) and the slideway down (that was so much fun!). After spending about 3 hours at the wall, we had a late lunch at the foot of the wall entrance where there is a little "village" type place. The hotel dropped us off in the morning and picked us up.
We spent the weekend at The Brickyard and loved it!
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My sister and I shared a premium twin room and it looked just like the photos on their website. We walked around the village, but took meals at the hotel (a converted tile factory). We also each had a massage on Saturday night (I had the foot massage).
We had a ride pre-booked to the airport on Sunday morning. We discovered once we reached the gate that our flight to Japan was cancelled due to typhoon, and we ended up getting a hotel in Beijing until we could get out to Japan early Wednesday morning. We went to the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven (where we were photo bombed - also went to the shopping area across the street), Tiannemen Square and some other minor temples around the city.
While this cut our TDR time (we were supposed to check in to TDR Tuesday and stay until Friday, so we lost Tuesday and most of Wednesday, as we got there at 2pm), I really enjoyed our stay and was glad we got to see these things in Beijing. My sister had already been there a couple of times and didn't want to go (we initially planned to stay in Shanghai Thursday - Sunday) but when she saw the Brickyard, she agreed to change our plans. We had to get a visa to go there.