Relaxing after the Wall After a fairly tiring day hiking the Wall, we decided Friday was going to be a bit more laid back. We lazed around in the morning and Laura discovered the hotel's 25yuan (~$3) breakfast buffet where she made several trips for fruit, juice, etc. We've been a bit lacking in the fruits & veg department since arrival. We decided our next stop after Beijing is Pingyao and dealt with getting train tickets for a Saturday night sleeper train. Then we headed off to the area north of the Forbidden City. Very pretty and a bit more tourisity with several preserved palaces, temples, etc. We just wandered and finally ended up at trendy travellers bar where we played cards and drank beer. When a guide book photographer came in to photograph the place
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