Beijing Trip Day 2 - 25 May 2007

The next day, Husband went to work and both Winston and I took our time to wake up, wash up and have breakfast downstairs. The buffet is pathetic, despite the brand of the hotel. Winston didn't even want the bread because they are too hard. Ended up he just had an egg and yoghurt.

Today's itinerary is the Palace Museum or 故宫, the Palace which the past Emperors lived in. Weather is real hot and I walked from the hotel with Winston in the stroller to the Palace, took about 30 mins.

Let the pictures do the talking:






Unfortunately the main palace is under refurbishment, guess in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics :(


See the nice and bright coloured beams ? This is the refurbished look. I believe non-refurbished ones should be pretty dirty




The palace is so huge, but I think we only covered 10-20% of the palace because the place is not pram friendly and the weather is really too hot.








Didn't get to walk to Tiananmen Square because Winston was throwing a tantrum due to the hot weather, so we quickly went back to the hotel.

So moral of the story, never go to Beijing in Summer