Blogs from Beijing, China, Asia - page 474

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed our two part series that just concluded. Today's entry will be a tad on the shorter side. Well, we knew the day would come eventually. I had to say goodbye to the tiny, pink girl's bike that I have been using for the past few weeks. Today the Jingshan school gave us all new bikes. Gone are the days of me feeling silly while pedaling the streets of the capital on grandma's clunker. Now, I am the proud caretaker of a slightly larger, silver, but still girl's bike. Hey...it's an improvement. After all, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. I am told usually they give us bikes that barely work...but this year they bought new ones for us. So today we had to go into school to pass ... read more

NOTE: THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF 2 ENTRIES, PLEASE READ THE LAST ENTRY FIRST TO CATCH UP! Hello out there! (Entry 2 of 2) When we last left our hero, I had started to take China by storm. I've taken an agent, and.....okay....sorry I got carried away there. Today's journal will focus on the remainder of the Xian trip, including the Terra Cotta Warriors, and an amazing bike trip. But first....today in Beijing. The weather in Beijing today's was glorious! A stark contrast the arctic temperatures of a fortnight ago, today was 54 degress in the capital of the Middle Kingdom. I took my pink girls bike, and headed out for an adventure. But where to was the question? I had many places I wanted to go...however I decided on an unusual choice....Scholtsky's ... read more

I AM GOING TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT SINCE I AM CATCHING UP ON A WEEK'S WORTH OF MATERIAL---I HAVE DECIDED TO SPLIT THE TIME INTO SEVERAL ENTRIES. ENJOY! ENTRY 1 (of 2) Hello everyone, especially to those blizzard covered East Coasters! It's been way to long since I've come at you with an blog entry. Why? Well...I've been away visiting what one former US president called "The 8th Wonder of the World"....the Terra Cotta Warriors of Xian. But more on that later, we have a week's worth of adventures to catch up on. So...I've been thinking about the best way to do this. Work my way back to a week ago, or go from oldest to today. I've decided to do a mixture of both and to jump around...so keep on your toes folks, ... read more

so i survived in beijing without my groupmates for 4 days. it was at times boring and at times difficult, but i stuck it out. i dont remember where i left off in my last blog, but i think hearing about every little thing i do is probably getting kid of boring for you guys, so im just going to touch on some major things. i went to the xi dan bookstore by myself in hopes of getting my hands on a map of the beijing bus system. i couldnt find one, which was really disappointing because i think once i master the bus system i will be able to go anywhere that i want in beijing. because i couldnt find my map, i decided to look around the xi dan mall. it was much like ... read more

Dette er en test. Er denne testen vellykket, er jeg god. Hvis den er mislykket, er jeg en totalt missa person. Moahaha. Men det visste vi jo alle fra foer av. Det er psykodelisk varmt her. Og jeg sitter paa med alle vinterklaerne mine, inkl. lue paa. "Hvem er denne karen med sekk og luve paa. Han ligner litt paa Lindis, i grunn. Det er ikke han, det er jo hun. Hun besoeker store og smaa" Saann er det. Lindis Solvang, Beijing.... read more