Day 2, cont.: We left the Peking Duck restaurant and went to The Temple of Heaven. It was lovely. There were a lot of paths, gardens and people come here to play. Literally. They dance and play all sorts of different games. It was awesome!

These people are dancing.

Then we came across this couple. I asked Peter who they were. He said it was a couple in traditional dress posing for wedding pictures! I am such a nerd. I wanted pictures with them. I asked Peter to ask if we could have our picture made with them. They said YES!!!

We now have our picture with this lovely couple at The Temple of Heaven. They were so sweet and accommodating. Too bad the pollution was so heavy on this day.

The temple's roof is blue because that color is closest to Heaven. There is significance in all roof colors in China.

Have I mentioned the stairs in China? There are stairs EVERYWHERE! It's ok the first couple of days. It will start to get brutal...tomorrow.

Until then...

We went into The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. That's the round building you have seen in the pictures. There is a mini museum inside with the history of The Temple of Heaven.

This is an incense burner.

We left the building and came across a tour group.

On our way out, we saw a TON of people playing games.

These two pictures are two of my favorite of our entire trip.

I wasn't kidding about tons of people playing, was I? This doesn't include the people dancing, playing a sort of hacky sack, playing badmitten without a net, etc.

These ladies were exercising.

Peter said this was all an everyday thing. It was so cool!

Up Next: Our own private tea ceremony!