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| Lulu taught her first class Tuesday - she loved it. |
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| The National military Museum - Navy - Army - Air Force |
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| The hand sign for book - China National Library |
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| This little Everhart started his first day of school in Paris |
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| We had the national library to ourselves |
We got out of bed Wednesdays morning light. We were enjoying Lulu's first day of class on Tuesday and dicussing how much fun it was. Ironically - our grandson in Paris was having his first official day of school. He is 3 and that is mandatory school age there. Two Everharts - bookends on their educations.
After a nice lunch in the apartment - we took the 15 cent bus to the China National Library Museum. We love to look at libraries even if we can't read anything. The crowd was very light - we got to see a series of books - dating back 3000 years.
Next a quick 45 cent subway took us to the Military Museum Station. This museum reminds one of several of the Smithsonian Museum's buildings wrapped into one. The rooms are gigantic - giving one the feeling of smallness of the people and largeness of the state. You could tell that normally there are large crowds here - and it will be that way in two week. Oct 1 to 7 - is the Golden Week - they will celebrate Modern China's 70th birthday then. But right now - guards outnumbered tourists.
It is against the law to own a gun or a knife in China. Lulu bought a cooking cleaver in IKEA and had to show ID to register it. A few months ago I bought a Glock in Florida with cash - and no registration. In China - she had to register a meat cleaver. So I was really surprised to see the rooms full of long guns - hand guns - and swords.
We did not even scratch the surface of the military museum. Admission was free but we had to show our passports to get tickets. Since it was free and my legs were tired - we stopped for food - and headed back to the apartment thru rush hour. We took bus 21 - again for 15 cents - and in 12 stops were were at our apartment.
It was a really nice day - two great museums - that we will no doubt visit again. They will be great places to take our 4 sets of guests.
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| Millions of books and not one for us to read |
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| This manuscript is 3000 years old |
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| Getting ready for Golden Week - Oct 1 to 7 |
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| Library Lobby |
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| Library had its own subway stop |
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| Irony - Beijing Design Week |
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| Arcfox is a China electric - 160 MPH electric - 0-60 in 3 sec. |
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| Old cannons outside |
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| Statues from the 50s |
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| Army - Navy - Air Force |
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| Looks like a Redstone missile |
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| Migs |
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| Migs |
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| Bomber |
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| Looks like a V-2 Rocket |
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| Mig 15 Trainer |
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| Bullit Proof Cars |
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| Hero Statues |
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| The War with Japan |
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| Guns and guns |
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| Guns with screens to describe |
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| Beautiful stone work |
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| Machine guns |
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| Grand hall of aircraft |
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| Even an American P-51 Mustang |
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| Hand guns |
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| Giant pictures |
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| Famous Battles |
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| Mao is their George Washington |
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| Military and shipping |
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| Mao during Revolution |
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| Guards waiting for a VIP visitor - not us |
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| The Military Museum |
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| Our free tickets to the Military Musuem |
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| The bus dispatcher - note the fences between lanes - no crossing |
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