The classic Xiaolongbao, a ground pork dumpling with a rich broth inside. Normally to eat soup dumplings, people nip the crown (top) off, and drink the soup. After, you ate the dumpling itself, otherwise you'd burn your tongue off from the hot soup in the dumpling. This was great, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

A very needed cup of hot chocolate after the climb on the Great Wall.

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 Summer Palace has an extremely scenic view, quite hard to find in Beijing.

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