Last week was national holiday, and I went to Beijing with a group of my coworkers. I left with a very good opinion of the city! It had a lot of the western comforts of Shanghai, but there were a lot more historical and cultural activities. While I was there, I went to the summer palace, the forbidden city, Behai park, and Beijing opera, and an acrobat show. I also went to the great wall, which was absolutely breathtaking. One thing which I was not expecting was the toboggan ride that had been put in place for getting down the great wall, once you’d climbed up it, and had your fill (it was really, really cool!). All of the sights were congested with tourists, due to it being the national holiday, but I still had a
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