Jingzhe Hotel Beijing

... part was me trying to hail a taxi for a solid twenty minutes- possibly not in accordance to the traffic laws. (but lets be honest, no traffic laws apply here to pedestrians when crossing the street or hailing cabs)- Anyways I stood my ground as the army marched by, and two police cars pulled up, I stepped through police tape and in the end, we got a cab…

Saturday was my first day alone in Beijing, in my new room, at my new University. And I suppose Saturday is ...

... a se devetir, il a bruler tous leur vetement et leur choses et leur a dit : "Now I give you a 10 minute head start, then Im gonna hunt you like ****ing animals"
24- Il a deja tuer un puma en voie dextinction, et sen ai fait un tapis
25- A 50 ans, pour se prouver quil etait encore un homme, il est aller chasser le grizzli dans les territoires du nord-ouest
26- Quand il etait vieu il est deja aller dans un bar de danseuse avec son ami et sest ...

... we had in abundant quantities anyway. So he directed us to the Embassy of Ivory Coast, or Cote d'Ivoire, which was just around the corner and we went out. This embassy was there all right. We found it easily and in front of the gate there was one more immaculately dressed soldier boy. PingPing told him what we had come for, he asked me for my passport, checked it and then made a phone call from the gate. A moment later the gates slid open, we entered the compound and then the building ...

... is when they have small children. All the young children have trousers that are split along the ******. This allows them to get rid of anything without ruining the clothes. I realise that there is no money for nappys and that babies need to go, but the mothers would stop in the middle of the pavement, pull the trousers apart and let their children create a nice big puddle. It seemed impossible to find the edge of a road, a side street or anywhere where there may be a drain, instead ...

... words Auspsicious Pattern. I wanted it for myself because I think it's hilarious how frequently they use the word auspicious, but the size 2XL only fit Adam. Later that night, a bunch of us went to a nice restaurant well-recommended to us. All the food was delicious and we enjoyed sitting outside on the rooftop terrace. The restaurant was near Houhai so we walked our last lap around the lake catching the end of the US basketball game. Everything I did ...

... the large population of concubines for the Emperor and the staff to support the palace and grounds. The palace became a "prison" for the concubines for once they became one, they could never leave. And becoming a concubine never meant that she was selected by the Emperor, and could have spent her life in waiting. Fun, huh? The only males allowed to work inside the palace were eunuchs. What an atmosphere. We learned about the powerful Empress ...

... that connects the airport to the other lines is scheduled to open in the next month or two to accommodate all of the people arriving for the Olympics. I assume that everyone has seen stories about the number of people that take the subways in China, well, the stories are correct. During all the rides we took, there was only one time that we were able to get in and out of the car without having to be careful not to run into someone ...

With the Olympics coming in 2008 there is a mad scramble to put a clean face on the entire city, remodeling and a scramble to put a new coat of paint on everything. A new subway from the airport to down town . . . and at the Forbidden City the artisans have half of the buildings under huge covered scaffolding. When ...

... don't worry I don't want money, I just want to be with you, you are very nice" - ok if someone flatters you like that you wont say no and we didn't regret it! All next 4 days we spent with him - and he was great to be around. He showed us many things and introduced us to Chinese food and rice wine, brought fresh fruit in the mornings without never pushing us to see or do vertain things. We went on a bike around the city, to the HUTONGS the old streets of Beijing, played football ...

... they told us we were at our stop we got off the toasty bus into strong winds and temperatures well below zero. We trudged up the hill to the entrance, the only other people there being the people trying to sell us stuff (apparently they don't take the day off for snow). We were quite stunned to see a Starbucks on the street leading up to the gate. We couldn't resist going in to get an extra hot latte to keep us warm on the wall ...