We visited a "typical" Chinese family in an older part of Beijing by walking thru some narrow alleys (the guy in the red shirt is our tour guide Ray, he is great!)
Some of the doorways have the status of previous owners...the doorways with drums means a soldier used to live there
This "typical" family is world renowned for painting the inside of bottles, and had been visited by Leonardo di Caprio and Michael Phelps, so not sure how typical they really are. The owner lives with 4 other relatives. She spoke about their house in Chinese and Ray translated, and the artist showed her handiwork
Their kitchen
We took the rickshaws back to the bus (here are a few sights along the way)
We headed to the airport for a 1.5 hr flight to Xi'an ("she-on"). We checked in to the Hyatt Regency Xi"an...wow, what a beautiful and fancy hotel,
lovely room
The cafe with fun things at the entrance:
That evening after a nice buffet dinner (the Chinese know Americans love to eat!), Diane, Laura, and I took a very nice walk around a large lake across the street from the hotel. Lots of Chinese taking an evening stroll.
Rocks to climb on
Sculptures
Lights disguised as bird nests
Bamboo forests
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