Novotel Hotel

Our stay at the Novotel Beijing peace was wonderful. Room service was not very unreasonable. Easy enough to order that we did it two nights. Just don't call a hamburger a ham burger. It's a beef burger. And it's actually a cheeseburger.  And ordering it without cheese is  a major coup. 

Reese ordered dumplings and Japanese fried rice last night. She was in heaven. 

That's Reese's giant panda there in the foreground. The lobby of the Novotel

Reese and the guide in Beijing, Rose

Pictures from day 1

Dumplings for breakfast. Like a true northern Chinese girl, dumplings have been a favorite since before we met her. 

McDonald's receipt

In Tiananmen Square, in front of the Forbidden City