Forbidden City

Fri., Nov. 6   We started off the day at Tian'anmen Square.  We've been stared at everywhere we've been in China, but we actually had people ask to have their photos taken with us here.  They said they thought Chuck's blue eyes were beautiful!   Later we toured the Forbidden City or as the Chinese call it, the Imperial Palace.  It's a beautiful collection of buildings and gardens on 200 acres dating from 1406-1420.   After lunch we traveled to the port, Xingang to board our ship.  The fog was really bad, and it took some buses more than 6 hours from Beijing.  We were lucky and got on the freeway right before they closed it, so it only took us 3 hours.