Beijing Bao Lin Xuan International Hotel

... plus en plus mis en valeur, si j'avais peur au début à cause de mon ignorance du chinois et de l'immensité de la ville, j'ai maintenant compris le fonctionnement du métro et des rues toutes perpendiculaires orientées suivant les points cardinaux. Chaque nom de rue vous dit si vous aller vers le nord, le sud ou l'est, c'est pratique.

Je vous laisse découvrir quelques beautés...

... sent to Bavaria to be melted down in a furnace. And then whathappened?runescape money
In the royal city of Bavaria, many years after the bell had beenremoved from the tower and melted down, some metal was required fora monument in honor of one of the most celebrated characters which aGerman people or a German land could produce. And now we see howwonderfully things are ordered. Strange things sometimes happen inthis world.

... niet zelf je drankjes bij uit de flesjes en ze begeleiden je van en naar het toilet. Niet superrelaxed dus. Maar, niets te klagen. Vandaag was een volle dag. Vannacht was het later dan gisterennacht. Wij zijn toch erg gewend aan ons ritme van tussen 12 en 1 uur slapen. Dit lukt niet in Beijing. Gezelligheid kent geen tijd. Vnamorgen hebben we de tempel van de hemel bezocht. Vooralsnog het mooiste van Beijing. Chineze tempels zijn kleurrijker dan Japanse tempels. Daarna hebben ...

... to be volunteers at training. We saw two large groups of young men walking out of a side gate and passing us. They looked very young. What was strange was that they look so much alike, same height, haircut, same way of walking, even their faces are much alike. Later after the opening ceremony, we realized they were part of the huge group performers dancing at the ancient drums and making precision formations.

... on duty in Beijing during the 17 days of the Games, backed by 100,000 members of China's armed forces, 300 specialists in nuclear, biological and chemical warfare, fleets of airplanes, helicopters and warships and 600,000 "security volunteers," including retirees, students and neighbourhood committees. Surface-to-air missile launchers are already positioned around prime Olympic sites, such as the "Bird's Nest" stadium and the "Water Cube" aquatics centre. Unmanned security ...

... that some of the Emperors never set foot outside its gates! After lunch, we headed off to the site of the upcoming Olympic Games. Unfortunately its still a building site, so you cant get too close to the from far you can see how spectacular the stadium is. Its designed by Swiss Architects Hertzog & DeMuron. (they also designed Tate Modern in London). It is inspired by a berds nest (Famous in Chinese Culture). As we looked at it, to get a vantage point you have to walk ...

... left looks more interesting than right or straight, change my mind about what I'm doing this afternoon if the weather isn't conducive to a traipse through the grounds of the Summer Palace, eat in a cafe that doesn't have enough seats for a tour group, stand in a long line without being left behind to get a bag of fresh-baked cream puffs the scent of which is turning the head of every passerby, skip the fourth mosque in three days, catch a concert that was ...

... us to hire a taxi for the day. Our first stop, a sleepy hour's drive away, was the Hanging Monastery. This monastery is built precariously high up into the side of a cliff to protect it from the river below. The long wooden support stilts extending vertically downwards from the base of the structure appear so fragile that the monastery appears to be simply floating on the cliff edge. Climbing up to the monastery was a huge disappointment with massive ...

... lle mig at han havde en restaurent der lavede dansk mad når vi var for trængende. Men da gudstjenesten trak ud, kunne kirkegængerne lige så godt hente maden, da de var i nærheden. Men tusind tak til jer der har sendt julekort og gaver, det gjorde da julen en smule mere juleagtig. Selvom at de ikke holder jul herude, så har vi alligevel en slags juleferie, det vil sige egentlig er det læseferie, men de første par dage er blevet brugt som juleferie. Vi har vores mundtlige eksamen ...

If Saturday expanded our cultural horizons, we thought Sunday may sensitise our spiritual values - so off we went to visit Yonghe Gong and the Confucius Temple. Yonghe Gong, aka the Lama Temple, was built in 1694 as the residence of Qing Dynasty prince Yong. It was reinvented as the Harmony and Peace Palace in 1725 and as a lamasery in 1744. The Temple boasts characteristics of Manchu, Han, Tibetan and Mongolian ...