We went to Tian'anmen Square. It is within the top ten largest city squares in the world and it has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history. TheLue lisää
We went to Tian'anmen Square. It is within the top ten largest city squares in the world and it has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history. TheLue lisää
For the last day we visited the Forbidden City. We had to buy the ticket in advance to go there because only (ONLY?!) 80.000 tickets are sold for each day.
The Forbidden City was the former ChineseLue lisää
We read on the internet about a really nice itinerary from Jiankou to Mutianyu, the wild part of the great wall.
We took a taxi from Beijing to the Xizhazi village (2 hours trip) and we startedLue lisää
Tess, a very nice girl we met and who speaks english really well, brought us
to a really good restaurant to let us try the famous Beijing Roasted Duck.
It was so delicious! It's a must-try food ifLue lisää
Of course we couldn't resist two weeks without playing some table tennis.
So we found a ping pong shop. We bought some rubbers, a blade and some balls.
The owner was very friendly and let us play forLue lisää
We went to the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or popularly as the Lama Temple, a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located in Dongcheng District. TheLue lisää
We visited the Temple of Heaven. It's located inside a huge and amazing park. We also saw squirrels there!
The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annualLue lisää
We went by taxi a bit far from the center to see the Chinese medicine herb market. It's a traditional market where peasants and wholesalers sell bags and bags and boxes and boxes of interesting herbs,Lue lisää