15 minutes of Fame in Beijing

Fall Break 2012 Beijing, China
Wangfujing Street

This year for Fall Break we ventured to Beijing, China for more of a educational holiday and some cooler weather.  Of course, we rarely holiday without, the Reids, so our family of five turned into a family of 9.  Our flight was just over 6 hours and the kids thought that was short.   I guess when you are used to sitting on an airplane for 24 hours to Texas, 6 hours to Beijing is a walk in the park.

By the time we got to our hotel, night had fallen so we headed out to Wangfujing Street to get a taste of Beiijing. 

We soon discovered that Bryce, Layne and Katie caught everyone's attention.  We quickly learned not to stay stationary for too long as the "papparazzi" would line up to be photographed with the girls.

This is the first request of a photograph.

It quickly turned into this....

So, Brian and Zach lead the way with Graham and Austin to get away from the growing crowd.

We enjoyed strolling through the local market and showing the kids the different cultures that exist outside of Singapore.  They were amazed by the crowds and the local foods.

This was the most interesting food choice....live scorpions and starfish on skewers.  You can see them squirming around on the sticks.  Once you pick one then they grill it and you eat it!  We opted against this delicacy.

Katie, Layne, Bryce, Graham and Austin

To entertain themselves the girls started practicing cheers.

Then the cameras started flashing and the girls cheered more.

and it turned into this!  30 plus people taking pictures or videoing the girls do cheers.

At the end of the night all the girls kept talking about whether or not they would be famous.  Being in Beijing was their 15 minutes of fame.

to be continued...up next the Great Wall of China!