During my spring break I went on the ITS trip to China. I don’t really have a favorite part of the trip because the whole trip was incredible. The flight out was not the most enjoyable experience, 10 and a half hours inside a pressurized metal tube isn’t what I would call fun. Once we get off the plane we went to see the birds nest Olympics stadium. For the next three days of the trip we were gardening at an orphanage in Beijing, after that we went to see the Forbidden City, the sheer size of the city is amazing. After that we went to see the Great Wall of China the views that are taken in on the great wall are incredible. However the climb up the wall is quite tiring. The day after that we went to a jade factory to see how the jade is carved and polished. Then we went to see the temple of heaven which is quite an amazing building. After that we took an overnight train to xian where we went to see the terracotta warriors, there are so many warriors that it is mind boggling. We also went to a factory that sold replica terracotta warrior sculptures. After that we took a river cruise to a small town where we took a cooking course. Then we flew to shanghai and went to a factory where the produced Chinese silk, after that we went to a royal garden and a market, the garden was filled with exotic plants, after that we boarded a plane and spent another 15 hours traveling to get back home to Calgary.