If you ever get a chance to go to Beijing, be sure to check out Summer Palace, also known as Yihe Yuan among Chinese. Summer Palace was once served as a summer resort for Empress Dowager Cixi, ruling for 48 years from her husband’s death in 1861 to her own death in 1908. Two major landscapes...
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Travel in China – the Great Wall | watch tower
During our “ascent” to the highest point of the section, we stopped at one of the watch towers to catch our breath,..well, umm, to take some pictures. Here you can see 2 rectangular blocks at the top of the structure. If you take a look at the first picture, you will notice there are 5...
Travel in China – the Great Wall | Badaling Section
I hardly had a chance to post anything when we were in China because we were either too busy sight-seeing with Heather and Michael, visiting families and friends, or sampling the delicious Chinese food that I had always dreamed about before going home. Fortunately, Chris took some photos along the way. So I will be...
Fall Pictures
It’s been a while since I post something after we went to China and back. So here are some recent pictures of Heather, Michael and me. Four of us took a walk in our new neighborhood on a beautiful afternoon when fall’s glorious color was still on display. God really knows what he is doing...