Struggled to find any fish!

Today we headed to the Summer Palace which was used by the Emperors as basically a holiday home away from the Forbidden City. We managed to negotiate the metro for the first time which was so much easier than the actual train station as a lot of information is available in English. It's also so cheap! It cost us £1.18 for the two of us to do an half and hour journey which is just insane. The whole Summer Palace complex is mostly made up of the most beautiful lake of pale turquoise water. The trees had just come into blossom so the view was just stunning. There was many small collections of decorative buildings near the lakeside but then also individual temples and gardens tucked away up the hillside down windy tree lined paths. That's where we stumbled across a very picturesque garden around a central pond which was filled with so many goldfish. It felt like walking into a traditional Chinese painting scene. We also stumbled across a boat that was actually made of marble so very unlikely to actually float! It was a challenge walking around the hilly parts of the Palace because of how much our legs were hurting for the Great Wall yesterday. You didn't realise until it came to climb steps. We spent most of the day there and then felt so could fitment travelling the metro that we visited a street over the other side of the city which is known for having a large amount of restuarants. We had so many options that we were picky and waited until we found sweet and sour pork for me which I was craving. It was delicious! We headed back to the hostel after and are both getting so use to this hostel living that we spent a good couple of hours apart talking to different guys in the bar. You meet such interesting people travelling and it's just a shame that Facebook is banned here and we are unable to add all the people we meet there and then. It's also quite sad now that this our last day with these people and Beijing but moving on is just part of the travelling process I guess.Читать далее