Day 31 – First day after the CSC program – visting Beijing

By bogaert

This morning breakfast at Starbucks, in front of the hotel! Compared to Xiamen it is very cold outside, luckily I have my winter jacket and cap. We walked from the hotel to the Forbidden City for about 20 min. The Forbidden City was very impressive, far larger than we expected. The entrance was quite crowded, but inside the people spread around.

It took us five hours to get through whilst using an audio guide to know what we were looking to. Impressive! After the Forbidden City we walked south, crossing Tiananmen Square and down Qianmen Street till the Temple of Heaven Park. The walk was far … far longer than expected. I started already yesterday with the arrangements for a driver to bring us tomorrow to the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs. This morning I got the prices, and during walking I could get everything confirmed. Thanks Laura for helping me out! Let’s see tomorrow how good this arrangement will be. Unfortunately it was getting dark and cold by the time we arrived at the Temple of Heaven Park, time to get into a taxi to the hotel and find something to eat.

Sorry, might be boring above but don’t feel at all in a writing mood at all today, enjoy the photos.

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Forbidden City