My wife, my daughter Mila and me visited Beijing this past September (2012) and hired Julia to be our tour guide.  When she first called me at the hotel in Beijing, my guess was she must have studied in America because her English was so perfect. She had a nice itinerary prepared for my family and was very flexible and accommodative when I decided to make some changes to the plans.  My wife’s father decided to fly into Beijing to meet up with us during his business trip to China and Julia was kind enough help him with the train travel arrangements within country, as well as his departure flight out of China.  She is extremely knowledgeable of Chinese history, the culture and history of Beijing and offered a genuine perspective to the popular tourist places.  We saw some truly amazing sites, such as Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, Summer Palace, Hu-tong, Beijing Zoo and more.  Julia took us to some wonderful restaurants for traditional Chinese food and brought us to see the popular Kung Fu performance and Beijing Acrobat show during two evenings.  Julia even helped take care of our little girl Mila every now and then…which was really nice of her.  From the very first day in Beijing to the last day when she accompanied us on a private van to the airport to catch our departure flight, we were so glad to have Julia there to help guide us around the city and making our first visit to Beijing such a perfect China vacation.  We consider Julia a good friend and expect to hire her again when we visit China in the coming year.  We highly recommend her as a tour guide for those planning to visit Beijing.  Julia’s fees are very reasonable and you get top-notch dependable service.