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China at last
Day 1 Well we have come to the last stop on our trans siberian express and yoiu have probably guessed already that I (paul) am updating this for a change. After thinking that china would be a nightmare it was a lovely surprise to find that the subway actually has anoucements in english. All that worrying about not being able to read a word for …
First night
... abroad speak whatever local language is required.
The late afternoon and evening was spent doing a 'reckie' and trying hard to appear as travellers not tourists. Immediately we were accosted by a gaggle of Aussie school kids [their private school has its own campus here and every year students are expected to spend 5 weeks in Beijing] who wanted to know if we supported city or united. So much for blending in! We felt we had been doing well ...
Dag 3 en 4 Mutianyu (Great Wall) Summer Palace
... viel het erg mee. Het was samen zo'n 15 euro (136 RMB). Ik moet zeggen, de eend zelf is lekkerder dan in NL, dus weer iets wat we van ons Beijing-to-do-lijstje kunnen afstrepen. P.s. Voor de mensen die onze blogjes hebben gelezen, jullie hebben vast gezien dat er weinig foto's bij de blogjes zijn geplaatst. Dit komt omdat op de een of andere manier dit steeds fout gaat. We proberen deze alsnog op een andere manier online te krijgen, maar we kunnen niks beloven! Tot zover deze update. Tot ...
Rainy day at The Forbidden City
... and is just north of Tiananmen. After that, we just pushed our way through the tour groups and saw as much as we could in about an hour or so. Halfway through my jeans and sneakers were pretty soaked, so we kept moving. What really makes the Forbidden City special is the incredible scale it is built on. We didn't even scratch the surface as far as the different halls and rooms we could see. After exiting the Forbidden ...
Life in the Palace
... br>
Carl and I were traveling through it together (which is why I only have pictures of Carl in this post. haha), and we decided to stop in at one of the exhibitions. The way it worked was that the main grand buildings of the Forbidden City ran along the center. Then, off to the sides, were the smaller, more intimate buildings that might have been living quarters.
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