Forbidden...Gardens!

Today Merritt took me to Forbidden Gardens, a Texas knock-off of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the terra-cotta army. It was really cool! The Forbidden City is the secret city that contained the Chinese imperial family for centuries. You've all seen it -- it's behind Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The terra-cotta warriors are life sized warriors created in the BC era to guard the toom of Emperor Qin. There are something like 8,000 of them. The place we went had thousands of them, but only 1/3 the size. We went because Merritt's brother Marty is in China right now and has been to all of these places.