Meditative doorway

A doorway to one of the beautiful meditation rooms inside the gardens in the Forbidden City. Photo taken in Beijing, November 2008.

Forbidden lion

Seen inside the gardens of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Photo taken in November 2008.

Chinese Mackers

The ambiance is not much different from the McDonald's here in the States. But the menu items are a little different. Photo taken in November 2008.

Doorway details

There are thousands of beautiful doorways at the Summer Palace in Beijing. This is just one of many. Photo taken in November 2008.

Crane detail

A detail from inside the Forbidden City palaces. A beautiful place to visit, but make sure you have plenty of time! Photo taken in November 2008.

Seventeen arch bridge

The famous bridge inside the Summer Palace in Beijing. A lovely place to visit, even on a cold and foggy day. Photo taken in November 2008.

To see more bridges from around the world, please visit the Sunday Bridges Series from Louis laVache in San Fran.

Fall at the wall

A view of the Great Wall in autumn taken from our cable car. We visited the Mutianyu section of the wall where you take a cable car to the top and then ride a toboggan down. It was so beautiful there and my husband and I were the only tourists in sight for most of the morning. Photo taken in November 2008.

Foggy skies

It was cold and foggy during most of my visit to Beijing. It just added to the "foreign" atmosphere. Photo taken in November 2008.

Beijing buildings

This place looks like a Christian church, but I'm not sure what it actually is. Photo taken in November 2008.