For the first time in a long time we didn't hate Monday! We got up and after breakfast of a donkey meat roll at the same place; we caught the subway to the Old Summer Palace Park.
It is not as popular as many other places in Beijing, but we believe it is totally worth a visit. Unfortunately a part of the park was destroyed by the Anglo-French troups in the second Opium war in1860, so only the ruins lay a mark of the existence of this odd place.
In the area there was a huge
garden in European style, complete with water fountains and villas; a
place like this would possibly it go unnoticed back in Europe but
here in Beijing it would have stood out like a white dot on a red
carpet. We don't know if was for the ruins or for the many little
lakes and channels around but this park was very calm, so calm that
even the water stood still and the reflections of the vegetation
around was mirror-like. After another morning of extensive walking, we decided to call it a day and relaxed back at the hostel in Beijing.
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