My Beijing Experience Wish List...

• Watch the flag raising ceremony at Sunrise in Tian' An Men Square
  
  
• Hike the Great Wall of China and visit the Ming Tombs
  
  
• Take a Bike tour of the Forbidden City
  
  
• Visit the Summer Palace & the Temple of Heaven
  
  
• Go to the National Art Gallery and explore Artist Street.
  
  
• Go see the Pandas at the Beijing Zoo
  
  
• Meditate in the Botanical Gardens in the Xiangshan Mountains.
  
  
• Walk & Shop Wangfujing Street the NEON heart of the City.
  
  
• Go to the Natural History Museum and see the Peking Man.
  
  
• Go to the top of the CCTV Tower for a bird's eye view....
  
  
• Say HI to the folks at the Canadian Embassy!
  
  
• Experience the Peking Opera at the Grand Theatre
  
  
• Check out the 798 Art District
  
  
• Go for Peking Duck at the Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant - I hear it is the best!
  
  
• Take a Cooking Class ;P
  
  
• Sing Karaoke at Melody in the North Chaoyang District.
  
  
• Bargain hunt at the Xiu Shui Market - Mall aka Silk Street
  
  
• Boat across the man made lake at Behai Park to go out and play in the Hou Hai - Bar District
  
  
• Wake up before sunrise and go to the Panijiayuan Antique Market.
  
  
• Lastly, it goes without saying... See as many Olympic Summer Games as my schedule will allow :P
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