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出去2011! And a milestone
... China has been exciting thus far. Being surrounded by dozens of other students in Kunming, to visiting some of the world's most historic sites in Beijing, to walking the extremely varied streets of Shanghai, its been a non-stop 40 days.
With the start of my internship a few days ago, things have slowed down a lot. There's the routine of waking up, eating, going to work, coming home and repeat. Each day, I catch the 462 or 548 to a Huanlian Mall, where ...
Welcome to Beijing
... historical axis of central Beijing.According to the dictates of Feng Shui, it is favorable to site a residence to the south of a nearby hill (and it is also practical, gaining protection from chilly northern winds). The imperial palaces in the other capitals of previous dynasties were situated to the south of a hill. When the capital was moved to Beijing, no such hill existed at this location, so one was constructed. It is popularly known as Feng Shui Hill. It is ...
Forbidden City
... wieder 2 Chinesen Fotos mit Dominik und mir machen^^
Da wir noch etwas Zeit hatten beschlossen wir noch zum Silk Market zu fahren. Dieser war eine Erfahrung für sich! Ähnlich wie in Excalibur City sind die Stände in einer Mall und die Verkäufer sind sehr aufdringlich. Teilweise hatten sie aber wirklich schöne Dinge!
Erschöpft fuhren wir danach mit der U-Bahn und dann mit einer Art Rikscha zu Bert ...
Beijing - Daily Life
... sheep's balls, starfish, centipedes, honeybee cocoons (actually quite yummy), various kinds of bugs, silk worms, snake meat, calimari and even sheep penis. We braved ourselves and tried scorpions, some bugs and worms and yes…even a sheep's penis. It was covered in chilli flakes and was rather spicy and crunchy. Ha ha. Well..just thought whilst we here might as well go for it and try everything, right? Did not have an upset stomach the next day, hence ...
Rain rain, go away
... s shaped like two upside down "L"s joining at an angle, but unfortunately it was still boarded off (with really high boarding), so we only got some gloomy angled pictures of the top. And my new non-weatherproof camera got a bit wet. :(
It was back to Pizza Hut afterwards, where they continued the efforts to make everyplace I actually enjoyed eating last year a much more unpleasant experience this year. They had plenty of tables but told us ...



