The Summer palace was spread out with beautiful grounds. The Qing dynasty misappropriated funds from the navy to build this palace for the Emperoress.
The Emperoress's marble boat. I don't think it actually floated. It was set in Kunming lake which is a man-made lake for the summer palace. I guess if you are royality you can get a lake front property - anywhere!
We walked under these beautifully painted covered walkways to get around a lot of the grounds. The Emperoress didn't want to get wet.
This is one of the many bridges built on "HER" personal lake.
At the palace we found a calligrapher that painted with his elbow. He wrote our last name in chinese on a scroll for us.(for a price)
The most fun was hiding from McCall's paparazzi fan club. Everywhere chinese people wanted to take pictures of her and with her. The boys were a little jealous. Brad said we should charge them.
Palace living quarters in the background. It was like a city in itself. It was more beautiful than the Forbidden City. Pretty nice for a second home.
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