Exploring the City July 28, 2013

Our plans for the last two days in Beijing were to take it easy....let's just say we tried.  It's pretty hard to sit and rest when a city of 22 million people is offering so many things to do.

In the morning we wandered around our hotel area, finding new side markets and different eating stalls.  

The pigeons didn't appeal to either of us....where is Jim when we need him?  

In the afternoon, we decided to tackle the subway system.  Why didn't we take the time and try it before?  It was so easy to use, and it is new and clean.

We got lost in the hutongs later in the day, and eventually had to fall back on our tried and true method of finding our way out of alleys like this.....we followed a group of older women   who looked like they were going somewhere special.  Worked like a charm!  

We didn't realize that the Beijing sky could be so blue as up until now we have had nothing but smog.

Too much beer?  Or just plain tired. One sign in a little restaurant caught our eye!