We left the hotel this morning at 8am, and didn't return until 8pm. In between we had a busy day seeing the sites and eating copious amounts of Chinese food.
First stop was Tiananmen Square. We didn't go to Mao's mausoleum, but he kept close watch over us the whole time anyway.
First stop was Tiananmen Square. We didn't go to Mao's mausoleum, but he kept close watch over us the whole time anyway.
After walking through the square, we entered the Forbidden City. Not forbidden anymore, half the population of Asia was also there on group tours.
There was a little area where they let tourists dress up as ancient emperors and concubines, for 20¥ of course. We felt like celebrities when, as we were taking our pictures, some random Chinese people walked up to us and had their friends take pictures of them!
Very surreal, especially when it happened again later in the afternoon, and we weren't dressed up at all! I figured at first that the people had just never seen hair as curly as Emily's but then they dragged me into the picture too. If it happens tomorrow we are going to have to start charging people...
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