After our lunch today everyone headed to the Summer Palace. This is the place where the Emperor went to spend every summer. It was a huge place surrounding a very large (and frozen) man-made lake with an island in the center of it. One thing that was interesting was all of the gardens. There were many different ones throughout the area and many were replicas of famous gardens in other palaces throughout China. At one location there was also a very large boat made entirely out of marble.
After touring the Summer Palace we all went to an old hutong (alley) somewhere in Beijing. We took a rickshaw ride through it which was really fun. A rickshaw is pretty much a bicycle with two wheels on the back and a cool little carriage above the wheels. Two people sit in the back and someone pedals you around. The structure we were taken to was an old complex with several rooms and a central courtyard. This building was over 240 years old and had a lot of interesting history to it.The woman telling us about her house said it has been in her family since the 1930's and was actually taken away during the revolution and then given back to them at a later date. It was an interesting experience and the rickshaw ride was really fun.
From there we went to dinner and had some authentic Beijing duck. They sliced two ducks in front of us and served it on a duck platter. We wrapped it in rice tortillas with some onion and some sort of sauce. I think everyone enjoyed it because by the end of the meal it was all gone!
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Nicole Aaron, SN
Senior I
Pacific Lutheran University
After touring the Summer Palace we all went to an old hutong (alley) somewhere in Beijing. We took a rickshaw ride through it which was really fun. A rickshaw is pretty much a bicycle with two wheels on the back and a cool little carriage above the wheels. Two people sit in the back and someone pedals you around. The structure we were taken to was an old complex with several rooms and a central courtyard. This building was over 240 years old and had a lot of interesting history to it.The woman telling us about her house said it has been in her family since the 1930's and was actually taken away during the revolution and then given back to them at a later date. It was an interesting experience and the rickshaw ride was really fun.
From there we went to dinner and had some authentic Beijing duck. They sliced two ducks in front of us and served it on a duck platter. We wrapped it in rice tortillas with some onion and some sort of sauce. I think everyone enjoyed it because by the end of the meal it was all gone!
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Nicole Aaron, SN
Senior I
Pacific Lutheran University
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