beijing - part 1

It was the head of a tired but very happy foreign babe that hit that pillow back in HK again last night. Tired and happy because of 4 outstandingly great days in the capital of China! I mean it, you can't have 4 better days than we just had...

Perfect weather (warm and sunny, hardly any clouds in the sky), good hotel, yummy food (Chinese, Arabic, Finnish and Vietnamese), great company (thanks Tiina - what would my life here be without you...., and thanks Janne for taking us two girls around, showing us all the good food spots and most of all for being you. Really regard you as a dear, dear friend of mine.) and of course BEAUTIFUL sights!


The Temple of Heaven - so big and so much more than "just" a temple. And I can see him in front of me. The emperor - surrounded by his people - all in amazingly colourful robes, praying for good harvest and walking on the same marble stones as I do now, between the different buildings on this historical ground.



The Great Wall - it's history and grandness knocks you off your feet, and it's simplistic beauty together with it's lush green mountainous surroundings leaves you breathless.














The Summer Palace - the colours on these amazingly detailed buildings, the tranquillity of the garden of harmony and the calm water of the cooling lake - water always enhances a places' beauty, and this place is no exception...


















The Forbidden City - again, the colours, the grandness, the detailed simplicity, the history - all those feet that have walked there before me, and all those feet that will walk there after me....


Amazing.