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Just west of The Forbidden City are the Beihai and Houhai lake areas. Saturday night (6/30) we went to Houhai for sunset and to the bar area. A Chinese woman invited herself to join us to practice her English. She connected with Trent and he conversed with her all night. He became her interpreter, too! Sunday night (7/01) we went to an acrobatic show that was very, very good.
Drum Tower Beijing was initially built in 1272 during Yuan dynasty, was the telling-time center during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.A blind guy was playing an instrument for money.  We see disabled guys on the street often.Walking through "Pipe Street.""Pipe Street"