Pandas, Polar Bears, Oh My!

We've spent all this time in China, yet we haven't seen any panda bears yet! So today, we decided to change that by going to the Beijing Zoo.

Our tickets!

Immediately, we went to the panda exhibit.  The Baby was particularly excited about this.  Unfortunately, all the pandas were sleeping but it was still cool to see them.  The exhibit was very crowded since everyone was bustling to get a picture of the pandas, so we stayed there for a while.

We continued to walk around, looking at various animals.  We saw monkeys, elephants, wolves, tigers, and polar bears!  

Only one polar bear was active :(

All the tigers were asleep!

Unfortunately, mos of the animals were either eating or asleep.  But some were very friendly and came quite close to the glass.

The wolf got the closest, surprisingly

Brother #2 ft. Elephant eating

Most of the tourist were from the country, and you could definitely tell.  They were the worst kinds of tourists! The obnoxious ones...luckily it wasn't too crowded since it's a weekday, but it was still annoying.  Plus, some women were walking around in 5 inch heels! I felt tired in my flip flops, thanks to the walking and the heat.

The sign clearly says no crossing?? ?

It was still a fun trip though.  We didn't see everything, since we mostly came for the pandas (duh!) and more exciting animals, but it was a day well spent.  However, coming out during the hottest part of the day probably wasn't the best idea.

For a late lunch/dinner, we stopped by Pizza Hut.  We ordered 3 large pizzas like last time and ate about half of it, taking the other half back home as leftovers.  There was a rowdy table next to us who thought it'd be cool to smoke.  Key word, thought.  On our way out, we noticed that they ran out, running very far ahead of us despite us leaving way before them.  I suspected they left without paying, since they were constantly looking back and laughing.

A little unnerved by his first haircut NOT by Mother

We then went to the market to get haircuts to end the day, since we were all in need of them.  Even the Baby got a little trim!