October Holidays - Day 6 - The Summer Palace

If you squint you can almost imagine how lovely the Summer Palace must have been in it's heyday...

.....when it wasn't crowded with tourists....







.....when the shops along the canal only catered for the Imperial Family.....









...when the lake wasn't filled with paddle boats and and air wasn't filled with smog....







We only allowed ourselves about 4 hours to see the Summer Palace, I think we could have spent at least a whole day there as the place is huge!


There's always time for a boat boyfriend however...