Saturday Morning in Beijing

We had breakfast in the hotel and it was very good. There was a huge variety of American and Chinese foods,and not just breakfast type foods. There were many main dishes. I had dumplings, fried rice,egg foo young, bacon, watermelon an lots more. People keep talking about losing weight but it won't be me. While here, I want to try everything. Well, maybe not quite everything.

We went to the Ming Tomb this morning. It was pouring down rain but the gardens were still beautiful. Inside the tomb we had to go down steps about seven stories to get to the tomb. We were very careful because the concrete steps were wet and a little bit slick. There was no elevator. On the way in,we saw a lady fall but she was okay.

When we got to the bottom of the tomb, Pat White slipped and fell hard. She broke her ankle in two places. Judy stayed with her and later Janet Sun, also a nurse, stayed with her. They brought a stretcher to carry her out and it had to be carried up the steps with her on it.

They took Pat by ambulance to a hospital. She transferred to another hospital and a friend of Lawrence's, a doctor,took a look at her (both Janet and Lawrence are CP tour guides for our groups). Pat had shattered a bone and needed surgery to have pins put in her ankle, which they did about 9pm.

Bob Watkins is going to stay with her until she can go home while the rest of us go on the tour.