798 art district, beijing, china

district 798 holds a unique collection of art

with former electronic factory buildings full of creative heart

forbidden city and tiananmen square, beijing, china

forbidden city

the imperial palace

and emperor's home

tiananmen square

site of important events

from chinese history

this lady and her friend wanted to take pictures with matt.  at the last minute she put his arm around her shoulder!

so of course, her friend had to do the same.

jing and david's wedding, beijing, china

clear and beautiful

a crisp and sunny fall day

wonderful wedding

first wed at the church

followed by chinese banquet

and dinner next night

congratulations jing and david!

st. joseph's cathedral, beijing

bride and groom

jing and david's awesome wedding planner

outside the noble club

bride and groom arriving at the noble club

the 18 course wedding banquet

with our japanese friends at the wedding dinner at wuyutai court
(videos are the various entertainment from that evening as well)

the great wall, mutianyu, china

day two in beijing began by visiting mutianyu

to climb the great wall and admire the view.

the wall is uneven, hilly, big and wide

in one of it's many towers you could easily hide.

an amazing structure to be experienced first hand

trailing along northern china's mountainous land.

summer palace, beijing, china

as soon as we arrived in beijing
we went to lake kunming
to visit the summer palace
a beautiful place without malice

lilly pads

signs along the paths up the hill of longevity

pagoda

marble boat on lake kunming