For the past several days, our time have been spent wandering around park-like settings, which have all been lovely. One of my favorite days in China so far was at the old summer palace on Tuesday. It was cool and "misting" most of the day, which was a nice change from the steamer that Beijing has been the rest of the time. Plus we had lots of fun playing with the different settings on our camera at the "Lotus-enjoying Area" on the palace grounds.

And we finally decided to make an attempt on the Wall. With warnings of masses of tourists, we decided to go to Simatai, which we're told is a big hike up and so sees fewer tourists, or so we hope. Our big preparation is to enjoy a big plate of noodles for energy. Noodles, thankfully, seem to be found everywhere in the world, maybe because they require only two simple ingredients.

-Leah

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