There are a LOT of people in Beijing. We keep jokingly saying this realization to each other, as you can have an intellectual sense of that before you get here, but the visceral feeling doesn’t really hit you until you’re at the popular Summer Palace on a weekend in the height of tourist season.
The Summer Palace is in the northwest of Beijing, not too far from our apartment, where the Empress Cixi used to while away her time without a care while the empire crumbled around her. It’s really a beautiful beautiful park, originally a birthday present from an emperor to his mother. I’ve since been dropping hints to Peter about what sort of comparable present I want for my upcoming birthday.
For you gadget geeks out there, we then subsequently went to the Hailong Electronics Mall, a six story complex that sold nothing but electronics. Peter was quite excited, and is looking forward to geeking out on electronics with our friend, Bill, when he comes in August.
Finally, as you’ve probably noticed, I still haven’t figured out how to rotate my vertical pictures so they look right on the blog, sorry!
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