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Day 6 Hutongs, TianAnMen and National Museum
Today is our last day in Beijing. It's a free and easy day exploring various hutong, the Tian An Men Square and the National Museum of China.
Hubby and me heated up the leftovers from dinner - fried rice and diced chicken - for breakfast while the kids were still sleeping. By the time we left the apartment, it was almost 9am+ and the chamberlain is at the door waiting, again ...
Using the DK eyewitness guide, we walked to Wangfujing and started off in search of ...
5 a day
... beetles, live scorpions, sea hourss, octopus all on skewers.
In the morning before our train I decided to get up and make the most of the short time I had left in Beijing. I went to the Temple of Heaven at about 7am. The garden surrounding the temple is where all the local people go for their morning exercise. The temple was breath taking and because I was there so early there were not many people around it was great for getting photos.
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Beijing
... very simple lives. Most have been demolished to make way for new construction, but a few still exist.
At the end of the main shopping street there is a row of local street food stalls where you can sample scorpions, crickets, sea cucumbers, bee lava etc, as well as the more "normal" local cuisine. We tried the local cuisine which was okay, but we didn’t succumb to the other delights!
Beijing held the 2008 Olympics and we took ...
40 yr HS reunion
... breakfast buffet, not too shabby at all, though I was sketched out by the ice water next to the juices. You're supposed to only drink bottled but when I saw a layer of ice at the top of the cooler, I questioned whether or not the ice is made with filtered water?? We are off to meet the group (which now includes 6 Australians that arrived last night) in the lobby at 8 and plan to see the Great Wall, cloisonne factory, Ming tombs and an acrobatics show... LONG ...



