Friday, 8 May 2015

Saturday strolling at the Summer Palace

The Summer Palace is located at about 18 km north from Beijing. It took us about one hour to get there with the (slow) subway. The park is basically full of palaces, lakes and gardens, which used to be enjoyed by the imperial family during summer, when temperatures in Beijing would become too high to be bearable in the Forbidden City.



Cherry blossoms are blooming everywhere around the park at this time of the year and it makes the place even more beautiful, like a giant postcard. The park was extremely busy and lots of couples were walking around hand in hand, because it was so very romantic! 



We climbed up the tower to admire the surroundings and take some photos, then strolled for a few hours around the lake, climbing numerous bridges. Some of them have a peculiar shape which makes them higher than usual, just to give enough room for the emperor to float below it when passing on his boat.



Got back home that night really hungry and ventured around our neighbourhood looking for a some food. We found this tiny stall selling noodle soups and ordered a couple of bowls of what ended up to be one the best meals we have had so far.  

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