It is the weekend today, so no language class. I ventured into the center of the city myself today. I started at the same Wangfujing shopping street as yesterday. I found this huge bookstore (5 or 6 floors), but not much in English. Then farther down the street I found a really good Foreign Language Bookstore, maybe the best in China. Then I walked parallel to the famed Forbidden City (saving that for later). I entered Jingshan Park, just north of the Forbidden City. This park has an artificial mountain with a good view of the city, except the air was not clear at all today. Afterwards I visited Beihai Park nearby, which had tons of sights in it. Halls, gardens, and monuments filled every corner.