2019 China Trip - Favorite Momemts

Some of our favorite things -

Aadi-

1. Chengdu - I really liked the cooking taste testing.

  2.   Beijing - The Great Wall of China was a really fascinating experience.

  3. Shanghai - 1. I liked the mask play in the restaurant. 2. I also liked the mag lev train.

Diya -

1. Xian - food tour
2. Xian - terra cotta warriors
3. Chengdu - cooking class & pandas
4. Chengdu - hotpot
5. Beijing - Great Wall
6. Beijing - all of the temples and palaces
7. Beijing - mask painting & crickets
8. Beijing - Skipping the Mao Zedong memorial bc of the line 
9. Shanghai - meeting the family and the restaurant 
10. Shanghai - Starbucks Roastery 
11. Shanghai - Bookstore
12. Shanghai - weather
13. Shanghai - guide was really nice

 Baba

I liked - 

1. Beijing - The Great Wall
2. Beijing - Mass Painting
3. Beijing - Cricket man
4. Xian - Terracota Army
5. Xian- Tuktuk food tour
6. Chengdu - Hotpot
7. Chrndu - Market tour & cooking class
8. Shanghai - Starbucks refinery
9. Shanghai - Mask dance 
10. Personalized tour guide and car

Mamma-

1. Fact that I can authentically sign this off as "Mamma" .... goal was to enable a life time experience for kids and we did just that.
2. Smooth operation, minimal hiccups... template for all future family adventures. 
3. Meeting some interesting new people on the way and reconnecting with other interesting people I already knew. 
4. Food. Food. Food. Everything from food tour to cooking lessons to hot pot to family style dinner with friends.
5. The Wall. Impressive. 
6. Surviving the crowds. 
7. Not letting minor problems like 'The biggest typhoon in Shanghai in recent times' get in the way of our fun. 
8. All the unplanned things that blew us away - tea house in Beijing; Starbucks Roastery; Maglev. Totally unexpected but that's how it goes!
9. Watching the kids grow as expert glove trotters and avid foodies. 
10. The Olympic village - totally understated stop in the itinerary... have to let its spirit touch your core.