Forbidden
October 25th 2010 Forbidden City today. The scale of this place is hard to absorb. 9999.5 rooms (only heaven can have 10000), 1km long and 700m wide. Can't wait to get home and watch "The Last Emperor" again. Sir Reginald Johnston taught the last emperor in the 1920's. Today I thought about him arriving at the city for the first time. He like all those of this time must have been completely awestruck by the sheer s
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