Tea & Starbucks in the Forbidden City

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I just came back from China, where a cup of green tea *normally* costs about 25 cents. That’s the price at a typical street vendor.

But at the world-famous Forbidden City in Beijing, crawling with gringo tourists, a cup of green tea costs $4.00.

Why does it cost 16X as much in the Forbidden City as it costs 3 blocks away?

I got a toddler for Christmas!

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A week ago today we touched down from our 13 hour plane ride from Hong Kong. That’s a long trip under any circumstances. It’s even more interesting with a 1 1/2 year old who’s only known you for 2 weeks!

She was a little clingy and a little fussy but other than that – great. Couldn’t possibly ask for better.

This entire process has gone w-a-a-a-y better than expected. A month before we went to China…