Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
It was mobbed with tourists of course!
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Paul and our guide, Summer
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tortoise, symbol of longevity
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Crane, another symbol of longevity
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
Garden, Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City
In the garden
Juniper tree
Oh, the elegance! :)
Some of the elegance...
Leaving the garden
Paul's gorgeous lunch arrives
At Lama Temple, Beijing
Lama Temple
wooded walkway at temple
Lama Temple
Offerings
Meredith & Summer
Lama Temple
Lama Temple
Lama Temple
Huge, huge statue
We couldn't take photos inside the shrines, but it was HUGE!...
Meredith spots a Starbucks in Beijing
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Quick visit to the University
Two professors at the University, Denis and Paul
Adorable girl who sang poems to us
So cute!
The group in the library
After dinner at the school
Meredith, Jami & Paul
Last Day in Beijing...First Glimpse of the Great Wall
The area we hiked to...
It was a remote section and we had a lot of it blissfully to ourselves. A magical way to end our trip.
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
The trail up
...and up
Paul touches the wall for the first time
Meredith touches it for the first time
We had to climb this ladder to get up on the Wall
Paul heads up
Mer heads up
and up..
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The last step is a doozy!
Denis heads up
Our guide
One flight of stairs and we're on the top!
Starting to walk up to the next tower
LOTS of stairs...whew!
We were literally walking up on an angle. Tiring!
You had to lean way forward so as not to lose your balance
The walkway
Walkway again
Hiking back down
One last hill before lunch
View from our lunch table
What a way to say farewell to an incredible journey!