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View through the rain, across the river from the palace gates

So after finding out that the train station in Xi'an was out of weekend train tickets to Beijing, and springing for plane tickets instead, then making it 45 minutes outside the city for a 9am flight - we landed in a torrential downpour. The rain continued all day. We opted out of trying to make it to Tiananmen and the Forbidden City in the rain, and opted for the Summer Palace, which a friend had told Jillian was "beautiful in the rain."

It was beautiful, as well as extremely wet, and to my surprise still crowded. Apparently the "beautiful in the rain" epithet had gotten around.

Unfortunately the boat tours had closed early due to the storm and we were not actually able to make it across the lake to see the famous Stone Boat built by the Empress Dowager.

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