Out on the lake...

Today was a great day! Six of us went out to Houhai ("Back Lake" in English) and rented a paddle boat. The weather was perfect even if a bit hot. We had blue skies (I got the pics to prove it). We got frozen yogurt afterward and then I split off from the group to meet Xu at the art store they went to last weekend. The taxi driver was a dumbass. I wanted to get dropped off at Hepingmen subway station and got dropped off just south of Tianamen Square instead. So I headed west through an alley (people actually live here) and found the Liulichang cultural street after a bit of walking. Xu helped me buy some scrolls and I got a painting of the Great Wall. I spent a total of 850 RMB on that stuff...and I might just go back next weekend.