Xuanwu Men

Wow! Pow! Ka-blooey! The Jones bomb has apparently gone off at the Marriott! The floor can hardly be seen, but the Lapins Crétins channel has been found on TV and so all is well!

The Marriott Beijing Central is quite well-located: near enough to the metro to be sign-posted as one of the landmarks at Exit G of Xuanwumen station, about 200m from a well-stocked Walmart (complete with BBQ meat stand, where we helped an Air France lady get six duck heads!), near a rare Christian church, and just down the street from a souvenir and art market (calligraphy, painting, seals) hutong.

We also discovered a little street food stand on the other side of the Walmart that offered something new and yummy: a sort of Chinese cannelloni烤冷麵.Leer más