Our second day of exploring China started off with a long bus ride out to the Great Wall and to kill time some interesting stories were told. I’m pretty sure Xinli would like for those stories to stay off this blog. The Great Wall was absolutely incredible. Climbing all those stairs to get to the top of the peak was a challenge. It certainly didn’t help that the stairs were uneven. One stair would be two inches from the other and the next would be a foot. I’m still sore a day and a half later, but looking out at the view and writing my initials on the wall made the hike worth it. When I got back down to the bottom of the wall, I befriended a cat. So clearly that was the highlight of my day. Not the wall, or the Bird’s Nest, or Silk Street, or any of the other amazing things we did that day, but befriending a cat and naming him Dave.