CHINA - #6 - BEIJING - MARKET PLACE, DINNER & OPERA

 SUNDAY EVENING

SEPTEMBER 27th

TRAVELING TO DINNER AND OPERA

 

 VISITING A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MARKET PLACES

BEFORE DINNER AND THE BEIJING OPERA

 AS WE GOT FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IT BECAME OLDER LOOKING

 BACK WHERE WE STARTED IT WAS DUSK AND THE

CHILDREN WERE OUT PLAYING

 MOON CAKES ARE PART OF THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY

 MOON CAKES.....NOT THAT GREAT!

 A GROUP OF YOUNG DANCE PERFORMERS WERE AT THE RESTAURANT

 A REAL BEIJING OPERA

 WE WATCHED THEM PUT LAYERS AND LAYERS OF

CLOTHES ON THIS PERFORMER

 THE HOTEL IS BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT

 NEXT MORNING WE LOOK OUT THE WINDOW TO SEE

WHAT IS AROUND US, OLD BUILDINGS AND HOMES

CHINA -#5 - BEIJING - THE MING TOMBS

 SUNDAY AFTER NOON

SEPTEMBER 27th

 LUNCH AT THE CLOISONNE FACTORY

AND THEN VISITING THE MING TOMBS

THE CLOISONNE FACTORY

 WOW!  I CAN REMEMBER THIS WELL!  WE DID THE SAME THING

LAST TIME I WAS IN CHINA.  I CAN REMEMBER LAUGHING WITH

MY SISTERS ABOUT CLIMBING MORE STAIRS AT THE FACTORY

AFTER OUR MORNING ACTIVITY AT THE GREAT WALL.

 ENTERING THE AREA WHERE THE TOMBS ARE BURIED

CHINA #4 - BEIJING - THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

SUNDAY MORNING

SEPTEMBER 27th