Today we went to the bell tower (sad story about the casting of the bell and the caster’s daughter jumping into the mold at the last minute to ensure a good cast – possibly a story idea in that) and the drum tower. Hadn’t planned on climbing to the top of either, but at the …
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Hi, guys. So, yesterday we went to the Summer Palace. I don’t know a lot about Chinese history and our host’s wife isn’t fluent enough in English to describe too much of what we saw. For instance, I had a whole story in my head about the Dowager Empress kidnapping a little boy and holding …