Day 5 (7/30) – Temple of Heaven + the Great Wall

Today, we would visit the Temple of Heaven, which used to be a place where the Emperor would come several times a year to pray for good harvests and a prosperous year. Nowadays, it is a leisure park where one can find many retired invidiuals spending their free time playing cards or dancing. We were [...]

Flight delay in the Beijing airport –

Hello everyone! Here we are at the Beijing airport with a slight delay in travel plans.  My apologies for not blogging the past two nights – last night we were in rural Beijing where there was no internet and the night before I took a group shopping – we got home soaked in sweat and [...]