Robert and me with Dr Song Jian and Dr Y.T. Li

Our secretary Zhang Jing at the Confucian Temple

Chinese tree peonies at the botanical gardens

Standing in the forecourt of the Confucian Temple

A detail of ceramic tiles at the Forbidden City

Robert on the Great Wall

Keeping my balance on the Great Wall. It is very windy up there.

The Ming Tombs

I bought some of these superbly embroidered insoles from a woman who made them on the Great Wall near the Ming Tombs.

Here is a close up of the embroidered insoles - my 'flower feet'!