Today we visited Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City and the SIlk Market.
As with many preconceived notions, I was wrong in my expectation to find Tiananmen Square a larger version of a classic enclosed square such as Plaza Majore in Madrid. It is much more open and isn't just bigger, it is vastly bigger.
The electronic display in the background is 50 feet across. The picture is taken from a position less than halfway to any edge of the square. There are two of these monitors in the square and they are just on one side of Chairman Mao's Tomb pictured below.
Turning 180 degrees from where I took the first picture this next picture in the way to the entrance of the Imperial City and the Forbidden City.
It was a mite crowded moving from the square into the Imperial City...
...and on into The Forbidden City.
After a hair-raising street cropping it was on the bus again and off to lunch.
In the afternoon we went to the Silk Market, perhaps better named the "knock-off market". It was fun to see and the vendors were aggressive but not pushy or unpleasant.
BTW, so far I have been unable to see anything that I have posted to this blog. Having tried numerous alternate ways to access it, I'm guessing in China BLOGSPOT.COM is on the same unavailable list as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. I am hoping to be able to access my blog once aboard the ship at which time I may be able to tune up any horrific layout errors, grammatical train-wrecks, etc.
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Location:Guanghua Xi Li,Beijing,China
Hi Dad,
ReplyDeleteNot too many errors- although your 8 year old Grandson has found a handful of spelling errors! I was very impressed by him! The pictures are soo fun to see. It is very fun watching your track as you go: we are thoroughly enjoying the Blog!
All looks great we love the pictures!!
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