This is how Lizzie spent her week
Drum tower... closed because a guy was knifed on the 2nd floor a few days earlier
Bell tower. Along with the drum tower, it announced the time
Back Lakes
Workout machines at the park!
Bell Tower, Random Tower, Drum Tower from across the lake
Electricity in the water!
All the bars near the lake had couches outside - very clever!
Volleyball venue
Sword dancers
Synchronized break-dancing
Synchronized floor sweeping
Serbia v. Cuba
Japan v. Brazil
Lizzie makes a friend
Nope, not KFC!
At the Summer Palace
Every drawing depicts a scene from Chinese history or a folk tale. Over 1000 different scenes!
A marble boat... supposedly signifying the staying power of the imperial order. Not so much.
Recognize this from NBC?
17-arch Bridge. Any guesses on why it's called that?
Flying a kite off the bridge
Beach Volleball
Go USA!
A mascot running away from the crowd
US v. Georgia
Brazil v. Brazil
Outside a metro stop
Will's favorite dish! (that he didn't try...)
Yum, watermelon!
A giant Buddha at Lama Temple
This is where an even gianter Buddha lives. It's in the Guinness Book of World Records! Couldn't take a photo, though...
Temple of Heaven
A moat at the Temple of Heaven park
Chinese acrobats
Yes, their legs go over their heads
Countdown in Tienanmen Square
Monument to the Workers
A "Lofty Pavilion" in the Forbidden City
Gate of Supreme Harmony (or something similar...)
First stone courtyard of the Forbidden City
Second stone courtyard
There's a baby lion - how cute :-)
Hellow Mao!
Olympic torch!
Bird's nest
See the remote-control cars carrying the javelin back? Pretty cool!
Cameras to follow the runners
Usain Bolt was awarded his 2nd gold medal on his birthday
Running in the rain
Celebrating a win
US wins all 3!
Gold, silver, and bronze for the US
To the subway after Athletics ended
Climbing up to the Great Wall
Finally made it!
Inside a guard tower
Lizzie on the tour bus
Guy making a jade 'ball within a ball within a ball'
Entrance to the Spirit Walk
Guarding the tombs of the emperors
Will trying his hand at making a silk quilt
Lizzie got mobbed everywhere we went!
Ridiculous Olympic store - the only one! Not big enough, not enough cashiers, way too much stuff. Didn't make me happy!
Watercube!
Diving!
Where Michael Phelps won his gold medals
Sleepy Lizzie
Happy Lizzie!
Coke apparently bought out this station...
North Korean! And Lizzie without a head...
More North Koreans!
Lizzie playing at the airport
Russian olympic plane
North Korean plane
The giant new airport that displaced 17 villages
