Day 2; 1 July

Morning at the Summer Palace (link and link). Unbelievable. Awesome. Makes the case for royalty or near-limitless wealth. Beyond beautiful on beyond beautiful grounds. On the other hand, pretty hot. (But it would get hotter.)

And Donna and I posed for our official portraits.

Lunch at a restaurant/banquet room at the Freedom Hotel. Also had a few shops with an adorable little supermarket.

Afternoon excursion was to the Temple of Heaven. It was hot. Not the temple, which was, but much moreso the weather. People were, like, wilting.


Dinner (too soon after too big a lunch): A resteraunt set up in one of the outbuildings of the Temple of Earth.

And after a hot, tiring day, this:

/mitchell