Day 4

June 30-Saturday 
    I woke up this morning about a half hour 

before our wake up call and read by the window

 while I waited for the shower. When I peaked 

at the sky I beheld a beautiful sight....above 

looked not just gray, but blueish gray!No more 

rain today. And that means I broke out a dress.

 Hopefully I won't die of heat. We had breakfast 

as usual;nothing very exciting though i am 

getting better with my chopsticks.
First for the day we went to a Chinese tea ceremony. 

                          I was very excited and my enthusiasm was not waisted. 

It was really awesome. We tried 5 different teas: jin xin,

 jasmine, black tea, pure tea, and fruit tea. Fruit tea 

was the best. And I finally found stuff for my brother! 

Then we went to the birds nest and the water cube. The 

birds nest was better than I thought it would be. Emily 

and I just sat in the seats and watched an Olympics video.

 Once two boys came up and wanted pictures with me and 

Emily. They didn't speak any English and it was very cute.

 Then a few minutes later another Chinese boy came up 

to me and asked in English if he could take a picture 

with me, of course I said yes!! The water cube sucked. 

It was busy and confusing and you couldn't really see 

where they swam for the Olympics. When we got done Yoko

 told us there was a McDonald's just outside. I got 

separated from the group because I was talking to Jill 

so when I went outside I walked really far in the wrong

 direction. I started freaking out because I realized 

it was back near the water cube and I didn't think 

they would let me back in. But after a long detour 

with some other kids in the group, I finally made it.

 The McDonald's was really strange; there were only a

 few items on the menu so I ended up spending more 

money than I wanted to. So far today I have spent way

 too much money. I'm going to try really hard tomorrow

 to not spend money. 
We went to the art zone after lunch

 and yoko gave us like 2 and a half 

hours there. It was WAY too hot and

 i felt like I was going to get heat

 stroke. I also didn't have cold 

water, and I needed a bathroom which

 there wasn't one. We walk forever 

and went into a bunch of shops. Surprise surprise I bought 

something.Sunglasses because I forgot mine and it's supposed 

to be really hot and sunny these 

next few days. No spending tomorrow!!! 
Dinner was cool, ever person got a little

 pot of hot water and then 

there were raw veggies, 

noodles and meat that you 

through in the water to cook 

them. Then there was a spicy 

sauce and a seasameed 

sauce that you dipped the food

 in. Pretty good!