Fucheng International Hotel
Travel Blogs from Beijing
Sittin' on the dock of the Beijing, wasting time
... kept track of the numbers (using the Lonely Planet's translations) as the young man calling numbers shouted into the bar, and then escorted people to their tables.
We didn't have to wait long, and we were taken through the steamy dining room to our table. We perused the huge menu (huge physically, and also contextually), and selected a set meal from the back. This included some thinly sliced raw lamb, some cabbage, mushrooms, "frozen tofu" (so ...
Feeling like another brick in the Great Wall
... br> The next day, armed with a piece of paper with some symbols on it, written down by the receptionist at the hostel, we headed to Beijing Station with the intention of buying our bullet train tickets to Shanghai. Beijing has 4 stations, with this central one being the nearest, but not the one we'd be leaving from. We arrived to find a massive crowd of people milling around outside, presumably waiting for their train or someone arriving, and there was a bewildering amount of ...
Eiszeit
... Hand, dass nach einem durchaus interessanten Gespräch noch dezent ein kleines Business eingefädelt wurde. Ein paar Schritte weiter landeten wir in einer kleinen Kunstgallerie, wo unter anderem einige seiner Bilder ausgestellt waren. Seine Spezialität sei die Kalligrafie und er gab uns auch gleich eine Kostprobe seines Könnens. Auf ein Seidenpapier begann er mit einem Pinsel konzentriert ...
Blog Standard
... either. On the first night alone, a wild gamble with the menu choice presented us with grilled silkworms on a stick. The fabled Beijing roast duck did not fail to impress, and I take no shame in admitting I sampled it thrice in a fortnight, albeit in different locations each time.
We were also treated to various cultural excursions, including a trip to the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, a Shaolin monk exhibition and, my personal favourite, a gymnast ...
Don't Judge A Beijing By Its Cover
... of our Hostel in Chinese characters to make it easy for us to show a taxi driver. As we were walking towards the baggage carousel, our bags were literally in front of us. The Airport express train to the center of the city was as simple to find at the Shuttle to Times Square in NYC. Piece of cake.
Then we got above ground. Everything looking slightly ominous in the thick yellowy beigey haze, with not a single sign in English, both of us turning in circles looking ...
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