Mr. 芮波's Neighborhood

Mr. 芮波 (rui4bo1) that's me! (rui4bo1) sounds a little like Riepl; at least it does in a Mandarin accent. Well here are a few pictures of my neighborhood while I'm finishing my next geography lesson.

Here is the view off the bridge over a small canal just south of the 北门
(Bei3men2, bay-men) or North Gate of the city.

The following two are looking south from the window of my study.

You can see the spires of downtown Kaifeng in the distance.

This is from west of campus, there is an old canal that runs past some abandoned factories.

And this last one is from an old mansion I visited with my class yesterday.
Its about 2 hours to the west of Kaifeng.