Marriott West Beijing

... guide. It turned out that her boyfriend could speak English so he was translating her texts for her and before long we somehow ended up agreeing to share a taxi with her. We still weren’t quite sure where she was off to.

Another good sleep and we arrived in Beijing some 2.5 hours late! We also then met our compartment friend’s boyfriend on the platform and jumped in a cab with the two of them.

They took us the tourist route ...

... amp; ladies with their right foot first. If you use the wrong foot then you will come back as the opposite sex in your next life. Believe me, there were a lot of jokes from our group on that. You can never walk straight into a room, there is always a decorative wall in which you have to walk around. Again it is to keep the evil spirits out. Evil Spirits can only fly in straight lines and never around or over objects. Stairwells ...

... it's beautiful.

After the museum we went to walk around Hou Hai (the lake that we had walked around before with all the bars and restaurants. We got caught in some serious traffic and it took us so long to get there. Beijing traffic rivals LA, I swear. Jenn's student had the idea of going on a boat in the Hou Hai lake and eating dinner. Apparently you can get on the boat and make your order from a preset menu and then a guy ...

... er, at alt er noget billigere i vest. Dette medførte, at jeg kom hjem fra markedet med en helt uhensigtsmæssig stor mængde kjoler. Jeg tør slet ikke at tænke på, hvordan jeg skal få dem hjem til Danmark. Anthony er desværre ret usund for mig at shoppe med, da han opfordrer mig til at købe alt og ligefrem hiver kjoler ned af stativerne og tvinger mig til at købe dem med begrundelsen "Jamen den er jo så billig". Det bedste køb var helt klart en ...

... a happier note, after the men's hurdles semifinal, we witnessed Jamaican Usain Bolt's history-making, record-breaking 200-meter triumph, and his ecstatic victory lap around the track. Fully expecting this result, the organizers had prepared for the crowd to sign happy birthday for him, and even flashed "AMAZING!" on the two huge TV screens on either end of the stadium - and for a moment at least, here in Beijing, it truly seemed like anything was possible.

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... the fact that the person looking for the tutor was not actually the girl's father, but a person finding a tutor for their boss's daughter. But the agency asked me to meet with the girl this morning to see if it was a good fit, so I did... despite being a little nervous (don't worry, I told a friend to make sure I text messaged him by mid afternoon to let him know it went okay!). After the fact, I'm definitely glad I went to me the student- she ...

... Earth Theatre for Acrobatic Show (19:15-20:30). Transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Beijing. Day 03 Beijing (B L D) Breakfast in hotel. Morning tour to Great Wall at Badaling, the best preserved part of the Great Wall which is a magnificent construction project in ancient china and one of the great wonders in the history of human civilization (around 65km away from the city centre and about 1.5 hours' driving). Lunch at Jindian Friendship ...

... Beijing at about 5am and with handy navigation skills I made it to my hostel in about an hour. I was a bit out of it when I first arrived so I decided to not do anything specifically for the day. I walked around for several hours, but was approached by so many eager Chinese to practice their English that I found myself having company every step I took. Not a bad thing at all though. I was invited to walk through a museum. I was ...