Last week Trevor was spending a lot of time studying for his HSK Chinese
proficiency test so we decided to take a break one of the days to go
boating on XuanWu Lake next to us. They have a small boat dock that you
can buy a ticket and than take out their electric boats for an hour.
The boat maxes out at about 5 miles an hour but it was a lot of fun to
ride around the lake and enjoy the scenery and some good company. The
north side of the lake sits against the Nanjing wall and there are a lot
of cool pagodas and Buddhist temples lining the wall. Our favorite was
to see the contrast between the traditional buildings and than the
giant sky scrappers towering up behind them. It was a really beautiful
day out on the water and it is definitely starting to smell and feel
like fall. It felt good to escape the crowded city and sit by ourselves
on a wide open lake. Sometimes you just need some space.
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| Some lunch at the Park |
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| AHOY!!! |
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| Nanjing Wall against the Lake |
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| Getting some fall colors! |
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| Sailing into the Sunset |
Katie, is the Nanjing Wall part of the Great Wall of China? I have been on part of the Great Wall, near Bejing.
ReplyDeleteHey Ann, it is actually a wall just surrounding Nanjing. Its beautiful but we can't wait to go to the Great Wall! I've heard its incredible.
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