This morning we got up really early to take a last walk to the Bund. We were there by 6.30. It was super nice without the millions of tourists, only the locals were doing their morning work out there. After admiring the view for a while, we decided to hunt for some breakfast, and then […]
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Today started slow. We are getting more and more tired, since we are trying to squeeze in as much in the day as possible. We decided that we would go to the Old Town and have a look at the Yuyuan-garden. The garden was absolutely beautiful with its bonsai’s, little lakes and architecture. After spending […]
After having breakfast, we packed up our luggage and checked out, and we asked the hostel to look after our suitcases while we are doing a little bit more of sightseeing before we have to catch our train to Shanghai. First, we went to see the Great Goose Pagoda, which we only looked at from […]
We got up early in de morning, to visit the park of the Temple of Heaven again, so we can see the morning Tai Chi, and it was all worth it. It was early in the morning, but the park was full of people working out, doing all kinds of sports in groups or alone. […]
We started our day late, really late, around noon. We both had a hard time getting up in the morning, so we decided to just relax a bit. First, we went to Beijing West Railway Station to pick up our tickets, as we are leaving to Xi’an after tomorrow. The building itself looks really amazing, […]
Today we got up earlier to get the chance of actually getting into the Forbidden City. Everybody was on their way to work, so we managed to experience Chinese morning commute. There was a sea of people in the subway, it was like a well-oiled machine. The subway was full of people, but there was […]
Finally the day has come, we arrived in Beijing! WOOP WOOP! We landed around 11.30 local time, and being the adventurous people we are, we decided to give the Beijing metro system a chance. It was a great choice, it is much simpler than it first seems, and it is also very very cheap. We […]