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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Freezing in the Forbidden City!


If there is one thing we have realized over the last few days, its that minus 20 weather works great to help speed up your sightseeing. What you might normally take 3-4 hours to see, you tend to visit a bit quicker when you are freezing.

This is what happened during our visit to the forbidden city (where travey managed to get a pic in). After coming up the subway and seeing the famed picture of Mao on the wall at the entrance to the city, we walked into a wind tunnel like none before. Despite the cold, there were still a number of tourists there. Lots of Chinese people, some Russians and what looked like one Italian group.

Once done visiting the city, we walked across to T-Square for some more pics and wind and then quickly made it back to somewhere warm for some coffee and tea.

After being in Beijing for almost a week, you truly do get a sense of China moving forward. There is an air of progress and excitment in the city, and you can see it all around you. From the metro's with e-adds on the actual tunnel walls you see when you go by to the pedestrian streets lined with shops, this is one city on the move. (Cliche I know, but it really fits).

Tomorrow it is off to the Summer Palace. Until next time.

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