Katie had her first visit to the pediatrician in the US on Thursday. Since she needed a lot of tests (to learn about her history) she had to have 6 vials of blood drawn. The phlebotomists needed to strap her down to do so - Katie was quite unhappy, but she got over it. North of the main palace complex within the Forbidden City in Beijing is the emperor's garden. This area contained the only trees within the complex, something about bad luck elsewhere. Some of the trees were really old and cool-looking, but I was most excited to find the 10,000 Springs Pavilion. I saw a model of this rather small building over a year ago at the Lakeview Museum in Peoria (see the January 1, 2009 blog post) and made a it minor goal to see the building for real. We did not think we would be able to find this building in the large complex, but it happened to be near the bathrooms. The doorway in the picture has an unusal story. Most doorways had raised threshold to keep the evil spirits out. The last emperor had a bicycle and wanted to get through the doorway, so this threshhold was removable. Some believed that doing this contributed to his downfall.
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