Today was our shopping day! I had to resist shopping on our way to the market so that we wouldn’t run out of time to shop! We checked out a few different markets, the main goal being to find silk for my wedding dress. When we finally got to the silk market we found ourselves … More Tuesday October 21 2014
The summer palace is a huge! We spent the day wondering through the expanse of buildings, not really sure where we were. Finally, after getting ourselves nicely lost in the maze of buildings we found someone selling a good map. Once we were able to locate where we were we headed towards the lake, where … More October 20 2014 The Summer Palace
After packing for our trip to Beijing Saturday night, we had been late getting to bed. Saturday had been a long day, and Sunday would prove to be even longer. Because of my success in Minions Class decorating our classroom doors, I figured I would repeat the activity with my Pineapple Class today. Recently the … More Oct 19 2014 sunday
Zhuangdaokou great wall hike Meiqi hadn’t slept well, but at least she seemed in a bit of a better mood. I walked out on the street to look around as soon as they opened the front gate. The town itself was small, not much to see but grey house and grey roads. And then I … More THE GREAT WALL: Day 194, Tuesday March 11 2014
I was too excited to sleep well, and was up well before the alarm went off. I had three dragon eyes (a type of Chinese fruit) in my pocket from tutoring friday night. I got out the travel guide and a pen full of ink and munched on the sweet sticky fruit while I flipped … More BEIJING: Day 193, Monday March 10 2014
We are on our way to Beijing to meet up with Meiqi! So excited! As we were waiting in line at the security gate we could hear the automated voices say “please stand firmly and hold the handrail,” again and again in a strong British accent. We purposefully didn’t hold the handrail, I know, what rebels we … More BEIJING: Day 192, Sunday March 09 2014
We went to the silk market, a massive market that sells all sorts of clothes and souvenirs (as well as silk) where we planned to do the majority of our Christmas shopping. The area we entered in through was composed entirely of bags. “Hey lady, hey lady, what you want? You want bags?” “Bu yao” … More BEIJING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING: Day 82, Tuesday November 19 2013
American Breakfast at the hostel was a treat, though not the greatest quality but the real butter experience made it worth it. People don’t stare at us here, and there are foreigners everywhere. When we asked one woman for directions I at first thought she was just going to keep walking without even replying, but … More BEIJING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING: Day 81, Monday November 18 2013
The man on the sidewalk. We are on the fast train to Beijing! It goes over 300km per hour and will get us to our destination in less then two hours. Pretty amazing, especially when it only costs $33 American. The trip began after an… interesting day. I had a story class scheduled for me … More BEIJING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING: Day 80, Sunday November 17 2013
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