Ritan park

Saturday morning after a breakfast at Kempinski Deli where we had the largest pastries ever and fruits, we went to the Ritan park. The Ritan park is one of the parks of Beijing, quite small compare to the others but nice for a couple of hours to spend. Not to mention it hosts the temple of sun (did you know that to mirror the temple of sun, in the west part of Beijing there is a temple of moon?).
Water area



Baby frogs


A frog on its water bubble (thanks Yann for spotting it)


Marble boat

Qinghui pavilion

Tree in "camouflage"

Mural on ritual sacrifice to the sun

Temple of sun, just an altar (and quite a big one)

Free exercise area where you can demonstrate your physical skills...



While sitting in the shadow we were on the best seats to observe birds building a nest and even 2 males fighting for a female. The fight was so intense we even receive wood sticks that fell.

It's a lovely park where I can picture myself coming back with a good book and spend the afernoon there... Maybe next week-end :)