China's National Holiday

Dana here....Yesterday was National Holiday, like the 4th of July. We watched the parade in Beijing on TV. After we got finished watching all the soldiers (thousands) march by, then came the floats. Now this is the first year of having floats and after seeing what they did with them I don't think the Rose Festival floats will be the same. It was amazing. It was like watching of the Olympics in Beijing last year, it was amazing.

In the afternoon we got together with Twig (Branch) and hiked to the big Buddha on the mountain. When we got there Dad got a 3 seat bike and everyone road around on it. When Dad and I did it together the person was really worried that our weight would cause some damage to the bike. But we were able to ride it and not break it.

While we were out in the morning we went to this one store that has a children's play area and this great zip line. Then we all went to an Chinese restaurant and ate and had a really good time. After that we went to the top of the hotel and watched 6 different places that were doing a 1/2 hour of fireworks all at the same time. Then it was home - it really was one great National celebration in China.