Meet Empress Dowager Cixi and her husband, the ruler of China, Emperor Guangxu.... She is 'lovingly' referred to now as the "Dragon Lady," the one who wouldn't walk to the temple on her own two feet.
She actually kept her husband in exile inside the Summer Palace and acted as ruler in his stead!!
Also, notice those long green finger tips on her left hand? Her servants feared those. If, when brushing her hair, one hair was lost, she'd slap them across the face with those nails! The servants learned to hide those 'lost hairs' in their robes!
The bat was her 'logo,' so it was put into the decor.
We got a kick out of the Dragon Lady jackets!!
A few of the signs we saw...
"May we remind you: Please be self-restraint and be a good tourist to mold a well-mannered imagination."
"This is what I've always wanted to talk to you:
Saving water you are the best ...
Urinating into the pool you are the best ...
Flushing timely you are the best ...
Protecting public property you are the best ..."
Remember the four-star bathroom at Ming's Tomb?? Well, the lady in front of me was NOT the best when it came to 'flushing timely'.... just sayin'.....
I was very curious how to eat an espresso sandwich....
You only get one stroke, so make it count!!!
Then it was off to lunch...
Now that's a LOT of bikes!!!!
We chose lunch at McDonald's...
(Dairy Queen had only hot dogs and ice cream.)
An Angry Bird meal!!
As I wrote earlier--
gotta be prepared for the squatty potty!!!
We could have eaten at Renjoy...
A few other tidbits about Beijing~
An apartment in this area, close to the Summer Palace, has 5-6 rooms and goes for about 3 million US dollars!!!! In other areas, a two bedroom, 1000 square foot apartment goes for about 1 million US dollars!!!
The rich live in north Beijing to be away from the dust that blows in from the Gobi Desert and settles in southern Beijing.....
And, to close this post--- a few Beijing cuties....
An apartment in this area, close to the Summer Palace, has 5-6 rooms and goes for about 3 million US dollars!!!! In other areas, a two bedroom, 1000 square foot apartment goes for about 1 million US dollars!!!
The rich live in north Beijing to be away from the dust that blows in from the Gobi Desert and settles in southern Beijing.....
And, to close this post--- a few Beijing cuties....
Uh... yeah.....
that one REALLY got lost in translation....
I hope!!
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