DAY 4 - FRIDAY 1 MAY 2009

7942 - ready for another exciting day
7954 - Water Cube
7965 - National Indoor Stadium
7970 - New "Seven Star" hotel under construction
7973 - Water Cube and Bird's Nest
7976 - Bird's Nest
7977 - flags at Olympic Park
7983 - Olympic mascots
7988 - Bird's Nest
7992 - northern end of Olympic Park
7999 - Pitt Magazine at Bird's Nest
8001 - Jane and I at Bird's Nest
8005 - Scott (guide) at Bird's Nest
8011 - group photo at Bird's Nest
8019 - photo-op, Bird's Nest
8022 - photo-op, Water Cube
8023 - Sam and Kate at Bird's Nest
8034 - Olympic "athletes"
8042 - Goldsmiths at Bird's Nest
8050 - flowers at Olympic Park
8065 - shopping mall
8067 - Beijing North Railway Station
8068 - Olympic pavement marking
8073 - bus route 106, for the Pitt Band-ies
8079 - automated traffic director
8090 - flowers at Beijing Zoo
8097 - giant panda exhibit
8098 - sleeping panda in tree
8104 - very crowded at zoo
8111 - panda in tree
8122 - two pandas
8124 - panda information
8135 - panda exhibit
8137 - bricks at zoo
8138 - bricks at zoo
8143 - Olympic Games Panda House
8151 - eating ice cream
8157 - tall and short
8163 - leaving the zoo
8178 - Summer Palace... busy day, snowing and 15 °C
8184 - Summer Palace
8194 - pagodas at Summer Palace
8215 - Samantha, Hallie, and JG
8225 - pagoda
8233 - gate at Summer Palace
8234 - protect the relics and the railings
8241 - marble boat
8245 - ferry boat across man-made lake
8249 - Sam and Sean on boat
8256 - ferry boat
8268 - pagoda, viewed along central axis
8272 - path at Summer Palace
8280 - Sam and Sean being playful
8291 - lunch
8294 - fish at lunch
8298 - posing at the restaurant
8306 - Sonic car?
8310 - Epcot?
8315 - concert hall at Minzu University
8319 - logistical rehearsal
8323 - waiting to go on
8327 - a full house!
8329 - ready to begin
8333 - Jin Rong Philharmonic Chorus of Beijing
8338 - dinner
8341 - fresh seafood at restaurant


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