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Monday 29th October 2018

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We were up  at 6am   for a 645 breakfast. We were collected   at 8am   (10pm Sunday  UK time) and heading straight for the airport. We had an easy check in and a hour to relax before boarding. The flight was with KLM this time with a better selection of movies to get us through! The flight went over well. We were straight off that flight onto the next. See you in Newcastle. We would like to say a huge thank you to you parents for supporting this visit to China. We have made so many memories. Your sons are a credit to you all - we have enjoyed spending time with them and getting to know them more over the last 10 days. It’s been a blast! 🇨🇳 
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Friday 26th October 2018

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We had a great night sleep in our hotel. The breakfast included full English, cereals, fruit and pastries which was a welcome change to the traditional Chinese breakfast. At 830 we left and headed to Tianamen Square. It was being set up for an official ceremony as the Japanese Government had arrived for Congress. We then made our way to The Forbidden City. Peter spent lots of time talking us through the history of the Forbidden City, he told us about the different Dynasty’s and the reasons why the place was built. It was started in 1406 and was finished in 1420. The Emperor moved in in 1421 along with ‘his people’ who were farmers and produced enough food for the entire year.  We spent a lot of time exploring the the vast grounds before spending a little time in the imperial gardens before heading to our next stop.  Lots of the boys recognised the building from films they had watched. We headed straight to ...
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Saturday 27th October 2018

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We started the day with breakfast at our hotel before heading out  at 830am  for the day. Our first stop was around an hour drive from our hotel - the Jade Market.  We were introduced to our host who told us a little bit about how the Jade is made into the sculptures that we could see around us.  We spent a little time watching some employees sculpting the Jade, it looked really difficult, the workers are certainly skilled! We then spent some time in their shop - it was all very expensive but we managed to make a few purchases. It was then time to head to the main attraction - The Great Wall. It was about a further 30 minutes by coach. We parked up and headed to the entrance. Peter told us some facts and figures while we were on our way. Looking up at the vast crawling walls it was difficult to believe that 6000km of this was built 500BC. We spent around 2 hours walking the south side of the Great Wall, some even managed the North Side as well (racing an old ...
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