China Trip Day 15: Beijing

On Day 2 of our Beijing Trip, I'm sure we went to some sort of shopping stop but I don't remember.  There was a ton of walking around today. We made our way to Tiananmen Square.  Joseph bought a communist hat from a street vendor and everyone loved taking pictures in it.  He even got stopped by someone wanting to take a picture with him but he had to turn them down because our tour was on the go and we would have left without him!

We then walked over to the Forbidden City and it was incredibly crowded.  Tons of people everywhere and everyone was on the move!  We did not really have a lot of time at any of the buildings to look around as we only got maybe 10-15 minutes at each location, and it took us just that long to walk from point to point!  Poor Maddie was confined to the stroller as there was no way we could let her out!

After the Forbidden City we took the bus over the the Temple of Heaven.  Maddie finally got a chance to stretch her feet and walk and run around!!

Tiananmen Square

Communist Joseph

Forbidden City

Forbidden City

I *think* this was the bedroom where the Emperor slept on his wedding night (see the bed on the left)
We could only see it through the windows 

Beautiful silk bedding!

This is a picture of people sleeping at the exit of the Forbidden City.
I thought it was too funny and had to take it for some reason. Lots of people leaning against each other for support to sleep.
If you look closely you'll see a person with a map covering his face from the sun.

At a beautiful garden outside of the Forbidden City

Water surrounding the Forbidden City

Maddie striking a post while napping in the stroller

Temple of Heaven