What an amazing day!! It started out visiting Tiananmen Square, a place of many historical moments in China’s history. The square, in the heart of the city, holds one million people. While walking the temperate was a very cool three degrees. But I totally loved every shivering moment.

From there it was onto the Forbidden City. If you have seen the movie ‘The Last Emperor’ then you would be very familiar with this place. Constructed in 1407 and with 9,999 rooms inside, 14 emperors of the Ming dynasty and 10 emperors of the Qing dynasty had reigned here. The self-contained city is massive (almost 1 kilometres long and 750 metres wide) making it the world largest palace. Click on the pics to see close ups.

Having worked up a major appetite it was off to a great restaurant to enjoy one of the most famous Beijing delicacies - Peking Duck. Ummo!!

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