Beijing Sunday

I had a business meeting on Sunday morning which lasted a little longer than I expected so it cut our day sightseeing short. Once my meeting was over, the first issue was lunch. We headed out to the pedestrian mall to a sea of humanity. Not only is China normally a sea of humanity but add to the norm a holiday weekend. There were lines everywhere including McDonald's! We returned to the hotel for overpriced hamburgers and salads.

By the time we reached the Forbidden City, it was too late to buy an entrance ticket so we just strolled along with gardens on the outside and along Tienemen Square. On the way back to the hotel, it was so hot, we stopped for ice cream and Madeleine had her first taste of vanilla. That's her showing the scary face for Tucker. I think she actually likes the dumplings more than the ice cream. Sunday evening we had dinner with Simon at Houhai Lake. Sorry, no exciting photos of this.