拜拜北京 – for now.
Heading to Zibo. First time on a bullet train.
Snacks included:
我买了。。。 :)
Category Archives: Beijing
去北京南火车站
On my way to Beijing South railway station. First time taking my large case on the metro – deodorant confiscated; no flammable items allowed on the metro.
I guess you have to be careful what you buy when you go shopping.
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Surprise Duck
I had met Yuan at Word Alive in 2014. She had heard I was coming to China and, somewhat out of the blue, arranged to meet me for dinner along with Manny. Manny studied at the same time as Yuan in Leicester, and the three of us had gone to Buckingham Palace together in the summer of 2014.… Read more...
高王府
So after my shopping trip, I headed to Gong Wang Fu (高王府) to meet Angela and Leo. It’s a relatively small place but there’s still quite a lot there and we didn’t have much time so we didn’t see all of it.
We went for lunch. Angela ate something that looked like worms…
Leo needed to go back to Shanghai and I joined him to go to Beijing South railway station. … Read more...
Orangeate
I messed up today rather. I had on my plan to go to the Summer Palace, but yesterday Leo suggested that “Gong Wang Fu” (高王府, the Emperor’s Palace) might be better, especially since it is nearer the railway station where he needed to go to return to Shanghai. Without thinking I agreed. … Read more...
Peking Duck
Returning from the Great Wall, Angela and Leo took me for my first experience of Peking (Beijing) Duck, which was great!
Although I liked the duck, what I didn’t tell Angela or Leo was that I was still hungry afterwards. It seems there is not much meat on a duck. So after I got back to the hotel, I checked the map and carried on walking to go to get my first MacDonald’s in China. … Read more...
响水湖
Sadly Yohee was unwell and couldn’t join us for the trip to the Great Wall (长城).
So this morning, Angela, Leo and I boarded a bus to go to Mutianyu (慕田峪) – since it was a public holiday we had decided to go somewhere that should be quieter than the most popular place, Badaling (八达岭).… Read more...
Post Alumni
After the Alumni reception, a few of us went to a pub for some drinks and snacks and just to chill out.
It was especially great to see Millie again, and she seemed so happy because she didn’t know the others and had only recently moved to Beijing, so perhaps some new friendships might form.… Read more...
Alumni
This evening, Angela, Leo and I met up with Eve and Liang and we went back to the Hilton Hotel for the University of Surrey Alumni Reception. This was another event the university had organised as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations.
My good friend Elizabeth introduced her mum and son to me. … Read more...
宋庆龄
After lunch with the fellowship, Zhenyu drove us to the former home of Soong Ching Ling (Sòng Qìng líng, 宋庆龄) who was one of the wives of the “Father of China”, Sun Yat-sen (Sūn Zhōng shān, 孙中山), and we had a lovely afternoon together looking around the gardens and house.
I was told off for taking photos in the house. … Read more...