The first lunch at Beijing (and China) was decent. There wasn't anything that stood out, but there wasn't anything bad either.

Before it comes to light, I just want to mention that I was thoroughly disappointed in the places the tour guides took us to eat in China. They were sometimes okay at best, usually quite poor, sometimes inedible. If I had to go to China again, I would thoroughly research places to eat or know locals beforehand I could trust.

A look of the wall as we drive towards it.

One of the popular teas offered in many shops is a flowering tea, which starts off as a closed round ball, and opens up once in water, as this one did.

A mix of the old and new of China can be seen throughout the buildings in the horizon.

The structure in the back is the temple where the Dragon Lady prayed when in refuge.

The Monument to the People's Heroes which stands in the middle of Tiananmen.