On December 25th, we ventured to The Great Wall of China! Here are a few fast facts for you about The Wall if you've forgotten since you took World History.
- The Great Wall extends 5,500 miles
-It is said to look "like a black worm" from outer space when taken through a camera lens
-The Wall is over 2,000 years old
-It was built by soldiers, common workmen and criminals
-An estimate of 1,000,000 deaths happened as a result of building The Great Wall
-The Wall was built to keep enemies out. It didn't work but it sure does look nice!
Going up to the Wall in our cable cars!
The Family on Christmas Day!
Inside the chambers where watchmen would have slept
It was amazing! Indescribable! A lot of challenging stairs :)
Merry Christmas!!
The donkey, Norman. Just hanging out on The Wall.
So Jake Jones decided to would be his friend...
Coming down from the Great Wall we rode an alpine slide! It was so much fun and went really fast down a slope shaped like a bobsled track! At the end- you met men dressed up like Chinese soldiers. You take a picture of them with your own camera and then they ask you for money. Ha!
It was definitely a Christmas celebration we will NEVER forget!!
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