Today was going to be a busy day. Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, a visit to the Běijīng Hútòng area (one of our options), and then back to the hotel to pick the bus up to take us to the rail station, for our night train to Xī’ān. From memory, I think we skipped breakfast today, as there just wasn’t time, so we just got snacks from the local store, as well as some more water. Tiananmen Square is only a short walk really, but we went by metro anyway. The nearest station is Tiananmen XI. It was a really hot day in Běijīng today, and I knew I’d have to be careful, so the sunscreen was gonna be topped up during the day. We got to Tiananmen Square, and Marcia gave us a short history talk,
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