It's cold

Hello everyone,
We are having a good time even if it is really cold. It feels like a cold January month in Ottawa. It's around 0 but there is a strong wind that makes a lot chillier. We landed in Beijing on Friday. We found a nice place to stay and went to eat. We had some noodles and beef. It was good and real cheap. We both ate for around 4$.
Saturday, we were off to see the Forbidden City and Tianmen Square. The size of these two sites is amazing. The square was packed with people and we walk by Chariman's Mao Moseleum but I don't think we will go see him. The gates around the city are enormous. The building of these amazing walls is incredible. The man power that the Chinese must of used to build these wall everywhere 400 years ago must have been enormous. They are 100 meters high. We then went to the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City must be at least 50 football fields in size. It was a Saturday so there were a lot of people. It was really interesting to see the different rooms and the history that goes with it. It must have been cool to be the emperor and have this hugh complexe to yourself plus your family although you wouldn't leave it. It had a hugh garden in the back. There is aslo this hugh moat around the City. It was really cool to see this place. We froze ourselves but it was worth it.

Today, we are off to the Silk market and hopefully to a Tibetan Temple. Beijing is pretty clean for the number of people. There is construction everywhere. The subway is really easy to use. I feel safe since we have only been in very touristic areas.

Tommorrow, we are going to hike a section of the Great Wall. We are going to walk between two points and have to walk across a suspension bridge. I can't wait. We are enjoying ourselves and having fun even if it is cold. We plan to go South a lot quicker to get back to real weather. I don't know how will do it when we get home, but it doesn't matter much since our next winter is in around a year.

I hope to keep you all updated every few days, talk to you soon.

Christian