We took a taxi to the stunning Summer Palace of the emperor. As we trudged up and down tons of steps, Mikey and Alyssa said to keep in mind that we were headed to the Great Wall after this, so keep up our stamina. She wasn't kidding.
We were greeted by the fantastic sight of one of the imperial residences way in the background. Alexa warned me that you could spend a week and still not see all there is to see at the Imperial Residences.
As we turned our way to go past the man-made Kun Ming lake, we saw a guy out doing water calligraphy.
We then made our way along the "long hallway." This was a miles long corridor where every overhead beam was painted with an illustration of a story. We weren't able to follow what the story was, but we were hustled along the corridors by massive throngs of tour groups.
Alexa joked that maybe we could stop a whole wave of people to take a photograph. Alyssa said, "why don't you try it." It worked.
Hauling my ass up the stairs. I didn't realize until just now that I look slightly grumpy in this photo. Hah hah!
After trucking to the top of this staircase, it was time for a break.
More stairs. LOL
It was super worth it because at the top was a beautiful Buddhist statue.
Finally, after the Buddhist statue, we went over to the Marble boat. I don't think it floats.
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