Beijing: Day 2 -Afternoon/Evening

After lunch we visited one of the Ding Ling Tomb. Although I'm sure it has a lot of historical significance, there really wasn't much that impressed me other than the fact that they started building this guy's tomb when he was in his twenties -long before he was destined to use it.





























After the tombs we were taken to a chinese tea shop where we sampled different kinds of tea, learned a bit about how it's served and what purpose each of them have for the body. Our hostess was kind enough to do everything in English -an nice break from the otherwise all-Japanese tour.



From the tea shop we went drove back into the city and to another restaurant. This was Peking Duck night!! We walked into the restaurant....and were the ONLY patrons in the place! Eventually they set one more table and a family of 7 came in to share in the entertainment...


We had acrobatics, juggling, and magic!