I’ve pulled these from a Flickr stream I started. They represent scenes from our first full day in Beijing, during which we visited Tian’an men Square and the Forbidden City in the hot mugginess of a July afternoon. Plenty of other people were out along with us…

our ride around town, with Oscar the Guide

looking down Tian’an men Square, from the south to the north

the Square is dressed up for the 90th Anniversary of the CCP (which happened on July 1, 2011)

two shots from our portable photo studio session; top is the studio in action and bottom is a recreation of the photo he printed for us!

crowd entering the Forbidden City (south gate)

somewhere near the middle of the Forbidden City

leaving the Forbidden City (north gate)