china-forbidden city, great wall, etc

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The Forbidden City

Apparently Rachel didn't get the "Forbidden" memo.

One of the palace rooms inside the Forbidden City.

The Lover's Tree in the garden

Great dragon motifs all over the place

And of course the Mao photo.

 
And Great Wall.  It really is pretty great.  Lots of stairs.

Rachel near the bridge over the lake at the Summer Palace just outside Beijing

 
the long corridor

 
Two views of the main temple at the Summer Palace