Day 3 Shanghai - Beijing

An early start, ready to leave Shanghai at 8am for the 10am Maglev train to Beijing; a 4 and a half hour journey gave us some respite. We were met by our tour guide Sean and driver Mr Hu, who took us to our 2nd hotel of the tour where we arrived around 4pm -a very central location, and much cooler than Shanghai! We headed straight out and hit the main streets which were bustling and very colourful with many people dressed in traditional Concubine and Empress costumes to visit the Forbidden City (a place we’ll be visiting on Tuesday. Not so many young men dressed as Emperors, but there were a few.
The streets were lined with many food stalls - Catherine was definitely not tempted to try an insect banquet although Phil said he’d give it a go - that is yet to be seen!

We had a wander around one of the shopping malls- 7 floors! Of course Phil had to check out the Apple Store.
Leaving the mall we headed back out to wander some more and found some truly impressive lit up shop window displays.
Back to the hotel for a bite to eat, early night for an early start - tomorrow, The Great Wall of China - excited for this one!Read more