We went with Beka's aunt to the summer palace, where there was basically a palace for each season. It made for a good hike, in a flat-take-a-boat ride-for-part-of-it sort of way. It was quite huge.
We next took a cab to the Olympic green, to see what we could. It was still locked up, so we joined the notably large crowd and took some pictures from a distance. That being settled, we went out for lunch.
Later we walked around in an outdoor mall that was about two-thirds finished. We saw some stores that exist in Korea, one of which we hadn't heard of before. Two individuals were taking a picture of one of them, and I heard them counting in Korean. I did a double-take and almost ran over Beka. Sorry dear.
We got some pictures of Artbox, which didn't have a lot of customers. Maybe it'll catch on later.
Northface had a back room where an ice wall was being constructed. There were pineapples on plastic plates around the store to cover the smell of the ice wall.
We visited the Croc store and noted that the special Olympic red and yellow crocs looked better on the cardboard cutout than they would on either of us. They offered a free t-shirt, so I was almost tempted.
Later that evening, we saw a show with Chinese acrobats. Some of the most noteworthy items were the birds trained to fly in a straight line towards our heads and people who twisted arms and legs around their bodies. Cool stuff.
One act proved difficult. People kept jumping through rings that were stacked on top of each other. One guy jumped high enough to make it through the top ring for the finale of this act, but the rings kept falling. We all applauded, but they continued to try. The rings wouldn't stay put, but they kept trying. Finally, another performer held the rings and the guy made it through. Again, we applauded their effort.
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