Our Hotel

 We stayed in a Chinese neighborhood that has converted some houses into hotels.  It was also very close to the Forbidden City and a great little shopping street.  How fun it was to stroll down the "road" and see real life going on.  (It was esp. interesting to us as where we live in Qingdao is so Western.)

The rooms were fine--nothing to write home about, but I loved the ambiance!  The girls room was right on the courtyard (very noisy at night), but Matt and China stayed upstairs.  Can't beat the price and the location.