We had the most beautiful view from our room of the wall and the lake. We woke up to this view and it was so dreamy.
He stays busy on these trips so it was off to work almost right away after getting in late late the night before.
We have enjoyed getting to know Kevin and his wife.
I decided to go for a run/walk around the city wall by our hotel. The sights, sounds and smells of China are always intriguing to me.
The City Wall of Nanjing (Chinese: 南京城墙; pinyin: Nánjīng chéngqiáng) was designed by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (r. 1368–1398) after he founded the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and established Nanjing as the capital 600 years ago. To consolidate his sovereignty and keep out invaders, he adopted the suggestions of advisor Zhu Sheng to build a higher city wall, to collect grains and to postpone the coronation. Then, he started to build the city wall. It took 21 years to complete, and used 200,000 laborers to move 7 million cubic metres of earth. The City Wall of Nanjing was among the largest city walls ever constructed in China,[1] and today it remains in good condition and has been well preserved.[2]
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I made it to the wall and just like all of China it was full of people exercising and dancing. The Chinese take the right approach to retirement.
It was a quick quick trip to Nanjing and we were off again.
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