Beijing is a city full of parks. They help bring loads of green to the cityscape and the climate is perfect for all kinds of flowers this time of year.
above and below: this is Yuangmingyuan Park (圆明园) in the northwest of the city. Once the location of a splendid mixed European Baroque and Chinese palace, it's today ruins and well-kept greens and gardens. It was destroyed by the French during the Opium Wars. The little girl above is my favorite student. Her family has become my adopted Chinese family and they took me to this park one afternoon.
a picnic with friends at Chaoyang Park （朝阳公园)
Ross and I went to Tiantangongyuan (天坛公园) the Temple of Heaven Park. This is the temple emulated in the China section of Epcot Center. This one's more impressive.
Smelling the flowers at a park who's name i forgot right next to Tian'anmen Square (天安门) and the Forbidden City (故宫)
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