Dear Friends and Family,
We are registering our honeymoon because we have very few needs for household items, given that we are combining two established households. Ed has dreamed all of his life of a trip to China, where his ancestors are from. Your contribution to the new couple creating the shared memory of the adventure of going to see his roots, will be much appreciated.
We're going to China and the Philippines!
We will have a mini-moon at the Westin in Downtown San Diego for the wedding night and an additional night. Our honeymoon will be our great trip to China and the Philippines next winter.
Our trip will start with a flight from San Diego to Beijing. We'll spend four days going to the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, the Lama Temple, and Tiananmen Square. We will walk our feet flat exploring everything.
Next we will take the train to Tianjin, where the highlights the next two days will include enjoying the beauty of the treaty port architecture, going to the antique market, visiting the Monastery of Deep Compassion, seeing the Shi Family Courtyard, strolling through the Ancient Culture Street, and popping into Tianhou Temple.
The overnight sleeper train will take us to Qingdao. There we will take in the fishing village and local tourist feel. We'll either move on to Yantai or visit Yantai as a day trip from Qingdao. Yantai is smaller than Qingdao and a popular vacation spot for the Chinese.
The overnight sleeper train will take us to Shanghai. We'll visit the Bund, stroll through the backstreets of the former French concession, admire the gardens of Yuyuan Bazaar, and savor the word class food. We might even hit the dance floor a couple of times. (Dancing Queen!)
We will take the one-hour train ride along the Grand Canal from Shanghai to Suzhou, which will be a nice break from the hustle and bustle of Shanghai as it is most known for its beautiful classical gardens and cobbled alleys.
From Shanghai we will depart China to visit Ed's relatives in Manila, Philippines. There, he will be the tour guide, while I will tag along. The conclusion of the trip will be a long flight from Manila to San Diego.
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