Ever have one of those moments where you go searching for those precious 35mm negatives from seven years ago — and you can’t find them? Serious OHSHIT moment. That was me, about 30 minutes ago.
But I found my negatives from Beijing. Now I know where they are. Eventually, they will go where they are supposed to be.
Digital is much less stressful. Unfortunately, I didn’t discover digital until I had gone to China twice. Sigh.
Because our third day in China was more interesting than Day 2, I’ll just publish one picture from this day:
I love the Summer Palace. Someday, I hope to go there when it is warm(er) so I can pretend I’m CiXi and enjoy it properly. At least I **think** CiXi was the empress responsible for the Summer Palace.
Our day started with breakfast, strong coffee, and getting on the tour bus. Then the FOREVER walk through the Forbidden City. After three hours, we wound up at an art store on the other side of the Forbidden City. There, we got a tiger chop for Sarah. Ate lunch. Went to a pearl factory. Then we had about an hour to see the Summer Palace. The covered walkway and the Marble Boat are my favorites.
Then, back at the hotel, we ate supper and crashed. Such excitement! I think I woke up at 12:30, just as the bar was closing downstairs. Got up, dressed, wandered around the hotel in the middle of the night, then went back to bed. I think both of us woke up at 3:30 the next day.
Jet lag. Gotta love it.