Sadly, our best meal in Beijing was a Shanghai based soup dumpling chain restaurant. It was very good, but the only problem was that we had to pay our own portion of this meal.

The veggies were tasty, even if slightly underseasoned.

A look of the wall as we drive towards it.

The staff passed the tea around for us to smell, and also poured us a sample of each one. The tea was good, but nothing too spectacular. That being said, I still got suckered into buying some green jasmine tea for my mom and brother...

The courtyard of the Forbidden City is enormous, as can be seen behind me.

A rock formation that looks sort of like a human face (if looked at properly). It was said to give prosperity.