13th January 2007 What an incredibly eventful and fun-packed day! My alarm went of at 6am. Groaning with the pain of having to get up even earlier than for lessons, I rolled over to shut the gentle twinkling of my mobile up and felt the effects (of the massage) of the night before: something similar to post-stiffness of falling down the stairs, bumping every step along the way. However, this was no reason to be glum, as today we had a group trip to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, and the Hongqiao (Pearl (this doesn't actually mean pearl, but that's the translation)) Market. Today was forecast to be rather chilly, several degrees below zero, so I donned my thermals and numerous layers, seven in total if I recall correctly, and headed out
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