There were taken during a very comfortable overnight train trip from Shanghai to Beijing:
First stop is Tiananmen Square:
Right across the square is Forbidden city, former home of imperial China's emperors. This one apparently has 800 buildings and more than 8700 rooms, which meant 2 hours of non-stop walking (and picture-taking of course).
Our second day started at Temple of Heaven, where emperors offered prayers and sacrifices for good harvest:
These were taken at Summer Palace:
Next day was devoted mainly to Great Wall of China. We chose the one is Simatai mainly because of the river view. The trip took 3 hours. And worse, it was very foggy. It also rained a bit. Not a good day for taking pics but I still managed to get some:
The trip, of course, was not complete without releasing some hard-earned funds. Here goes:
5890 Airfare
1620 Travel fee
750 Terminal fee
1400 Visa
90 Van to hotel (100 RMB total, 15 RMB/person)
1440 Shanghai hotel (120 RMB/night, 2 nights)
3060 Train to Beijing (510 RMB)
2400 Beijing tour* (2790 RMB total, 400 RMB/person)
*tour includes train to Shanghai
