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1st Impressions- Does everyone continuously spit?!
Hi guys! Literally copied and pasted this from the initial email I sent out. So people, chances are you have read this already!...........
Diazepam is the most AMAZING invention, (for the plane). Roll on being a housewife so I have an excuse to take more!!
Great night life- beers £1!
When you squat to pee in the …
Belugas and BigMacs in Beijing
... for the brave to sample. We shared a bunch of little things as supper; fried dumplings, steamed dumplings, Peking duck in a wrap (we knew we had to try their specialty before leaving, It's usually served as a meal with scallions, special sauce, and savory pancakes, which is what we got wrapped up in snack format), James had squid and spicy noodles, and candied apples on a stick. It was a food extravaganza!! What a delicious way to say goodbye to Beijing!
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Rain rain rain!!
... for our lunch coz its something u should try whilst ur here but we ended up with a McDonalds coz we couldn't find anywhere in English that said they do Peking duck and McDonalds is just easy for us lazy people!! We have walked miles and miles today my feet r throbbing and the back of my foot was bleeding with the amount we walked.. If I don't loose weight in china for all the walking then I'm not ...
Elise gets sentimental about leaving Beijing
... quiet, peaceful place with beautiful architecture.
Friday: Last day of classes. Language pledge ends and CET brings us to a restaurant for a graduation banquet. I buy a qipao (traditional Chinese dress, see pictures) and it looks weird on me but I wear it anyway (YOLO). We meet up with Yin Laoshi (our teacher from U of M) and she takes us out to dinner at this Sichuan restaurant where the food sets your mouth on fire. Then we ...
Beijing - Everything on a grand scale
... every scale imaginable. Its public transport sytem (more on that in a moment), its roads and pavements, its monuments, its modern skyscrapers - all somehow pull together to blend a most fascinating cocktail when you throw the teaming masses into the mix.
But there are still some things that are a little .. how can I say this without sounding like a cultural snob .. off-putting. Perhaps these things aren't in Mao's little red book, so no one cares. One ...