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By cacou
March 6th 2008

Beijing Spring settling in

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Forbidden City
The northern edge of the Forbidden city

Spring is knocking at the door...definitely! Today, we went on our bikes and had a great ride to 'Jingshan Park', an artificial hill made with soil from the digging of lakes and the Forbidden City moats. At the top, there is a traditional Chinese style pagoda and lots of 'dusty' cyprus trees. It was the perfect day to go up there (100 meters high). Here are some pictures and a video of Beijing skylines 360° round anticlockwise...it'll give you an idea of what Beijing looks like! Hope spring is coming where you are... [View Full Entry]

By yoyoapekin
March 4th 2008

mardi 4 mars

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Mon vélo

* Cliquer pour voir mon appart * Cliquer pour lire ma journée de samedi 1 mars * Cliquer pour lire ma journée du mardi 4 mars * Cliquer pour lire ma journée du Dimanche et lundi 9 et 10 Mars mardi 4 mars Hi les potes Aujourd’hui je me suis acheté un vél [View Full Entry]

By yoyoapekin
March 2nd 2008

Yoyo à Pekin

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La tour Tambour

* Cliquer pour voir mon appart * Cliquer pour lire ma journée de samedi 1 mars * Cliquer pour lire ma journée du mardi 4 mars * Cliquer pour lire ma journée du Dimanche et lundi 9 et 10 Mars Samedi matin je prends le taxi pour qu'il me dépose au métro pour aller au centre f [View Full Entry]

By cacou
March 1st 2008

my private collection of chinese sign boards in English...

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Chengde
Read carefully...

Have a good look at these sign boards...if you have some better translation, go ahead! Have fun [View Full Entry]

By cacou
February 29th 2008

Marie on skates

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Here is a video of Marie skating...and Léo following her on skates also! [View Full Entry]

By cacou
February 28th 2008

Not quite ready for the Olympics!

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Auvergne mountains
Soft and golden hills of our Auvergne paradise

Hello family, friends and blog readers of the world, Apologies first: it has been almost…7 months (hum) since my last note on my blog, but we are still here in Beijing and doing well. Last summer in France, we celebrated my inlaws 50th wedding anniversary with brothers, sisters and cousins. On the warmest day of the summer, the 5th of August 07, we went to the 'Château de Codignat' a castle near Courpière and enjoyed great surroundings and especially good french food. Beautiful landscapes, great pure air, Saint Nectaire, tarte aux myrtilles, freshly picked mushrooms did the rest and [View Full Entry]

By wade bj
February 2nd 2008

First few days

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Well I'm freezing cold, but after 24 hours I re-acquired the skills of putting-on and stripping layers, bought some cheap gloves, ear-warmers (negates the need for beanies! can't hear anything!) Nah it's great to be back in Beijing, some things have changed completely, others are the same... My 18-hour transit in Hong Kong was wonderful - I stayed with an old high-school friend, and it was really great to be around close Aussie friends, while at the same time getting used to the cold (HK was 8 degrees!) and the people everywhere. But yes, the first few days have been great [View Full Entry]

By Gala
January 20th 2008

Ni Hao

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Tourist Grab
there was this woman who grabbed my jacket and would NOT let go for the life of me... its a different kind of customer service, but im sure it works great

It is cold beside the window of our 10th floor apartment in the Chaoyang District of Beijing. Outside the sky is dark and I can see no stars and no moon, but the building adjacent to ours has some interesting blue lights that jet upwards like some electronical fountain in the sky. Traffic hasn't stopped its psychotic flow since I arrived during rush hour on Tuesday January 15th. Inside the smell of spicy mexican chilli makes it feel as though I could be anywhere in the world. Kirsten (one of my older, wiser, more beautiful sisters) has inherited our Dad's knack [View Full Entry]

By Bilton
December 11th 2007

Arrived!

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And so here I sit, at the front desk of YES Youngdo International School in Beijing, China. I can't quite believe that I am here, as everything happened so fast, and I had many problems at the airport. Let me recount: Sunday morning: 6:45 am: I lazily awoke, then ventured to look at the time. WHOOPS! Good thing I'd only slept five minutes past my alarm! I jumped in the shower, relishing the feeling of being clean before my long travel. I headed downstairs and had a bowl of cereal. As I was eating, my brother Joe came down the steps, [View Full Entry]

By twong
December 4th 2007

Time to say goodbye...

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celebrating Dominica Independence day! (some of the girls I play bball with)

I cannot believe that my time in China is finally coming to end... After being here for 6 months, its hard to say bye to a place I've become so attached to and to people I really will miss. It's like when you first come to college, you meet wonderful friends, finally become acquainted with the school... just to leave. forever. The thing is, to many people they think, oh you just went abroad to China, no big deal! you had fun just like everyone else that went abroad.So hurry tell me about the fun things you did! How was the [View Full Entry]

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