Our train back left later in the morning (on purpose, I wanted to get more sleep). We were up at 7am and went for breakfast. Originally I had thought maybe we would walk to the station (it’s not too far, a couple of blocks and over a bridge) but opted to have the hotel call a taxi. In the end it was the right choice since there was no way we could have seen to...
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The final stop of the day was to the Summer Palace, about a 30 minute drive away. It was very busy here and were left to roam for 1hr. We had the option to take the metro (subway) home and stay as long as we wanted, but I wasn’t comfortable trying to navigate that, so we walked around in the time we had. You could have spent the whole day there, especially...
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After lunch, we went to the Temple of Heaven, a religious group of buildings. Our hotel was just down the road. We spent about 45 minutes here, with 15 minutes roaming freely....
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After the Forbidden City, our tour took us to a local restaurant for lunch. It was good food, and typical of what we’ve been eating for the last few weeks.
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It was an early start and by the time we got to the Forbidden City, it was already very busy with people. See the previous post. The tour guide today (different than yesterday) was a little easier to understand but I was unable to really record because there was so many people, you wouldn’t have heard here. But she did a fantastic job explaining everything. It...
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