{"id":10443,"date":"2018-01-11T22:12:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T06:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=10443"},"modified":"2018-01-20T21:34:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T05:34:28","slug":"beijing-china-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=10443","title":{"rendered":"Beijing China &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 was a lot of walking around and included the Temple of Heaven, lots of little side streets and markets, and finding interesting food.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/IMG_2620-1.jpg\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3072\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many of the restaurants had these TV screens so that you could watch the activity in the kitchen, I assume so you can be sure things are being prepared in a clean environment?\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/2018-01-08 12.26.51.jpg\" width=\"4048\" height=\"3036\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/IMG_2627.jpg\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3072\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/IMG_2634.jpg\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3072\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Temple of Heavan<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3248.jpg\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3239.jpg\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3240.jpg\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_3241.jpg\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While in Beijing I had to try Peking duck.\u00a0 After asking for a suggestions from a few people this was consistently said to be the best choice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/2018-01-08 20.11.32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/2018-01-08 20.11.32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4048\" height=\"3036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/2018-01-08%2020.11.32.jpg 4048w, 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https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/2018-01-08%2019.11.37-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/china\/2018-01-08%2019.11.37-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4048px) 100vw, 4048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After dinner I took a walk through the open air food market.\u00a0 It was amazing to see what people eat!\u00a0 You can&#8217;t see it from the photo obviously, but the little scorpions were still alive and squirming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-20.24.43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-20.24.43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3036\" height=\"4048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-20.24.43.jpg 3036w, 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