{"id":2463,"date":"2019-09-15T09:59:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T09:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2019-09-15T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T09:59:04","slug":"meandering-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/meandering-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Meandering in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568513452-picsay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568513452-picsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568513452-picsay.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568513452-picsay-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568513452-picsay-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It had been suggested that China&#8217;s National Library in Beijing would be a good place to find information on a topic I was researching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568547506-picsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568547506-picsay.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568547506-picsay-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This required that I apply for a &#8220;Reader&#8217;s Card&#8221;. Well, I didn&#8217;t find what I was after, but it was an experience!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568524974-picsay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568524974-picsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568524974-picsay.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568524974-picsay-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then I ambled around Beijing&#8217;s Bell Tower and Drum Tower neighborhood. (The bell was enormous!)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568524671-picsay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568524671-picsay-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568524671-picsay-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568524671-picsay-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568524671-picsay-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568524671-picsay.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I worked my way through a number of &#8220;hutongs&#8221; (residential alleys), and reached a small lake area overrun with holiday visitors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568524809-picsay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568524809-picsay-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2468\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568529228-picsay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568529228-picsay-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2469\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">And from there went to Beihai lake, which was yet busier, filled with families enjoying the last day of the three day holiday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"remoji_bar\"><div class=\"remoji_add_container\" data-remoji-id=\"2463\" data-remoji-type=\"post\"><div class=\"remoji_add_icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"remoji_error_bar\" data-remoji-id=\"2463\" data-remoji-type=\"post\" style=\"display: none;\">Error happened.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Error happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}