Just a small note before I start writing about Beijing. I don’t think daily recaps are good for writing about travel. I did A LOT in Beijing every day, so cramming, say, a post about Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Olympics site would be an enjoyable post. It’d be insanely long and dense. So what I’m going to do is write about each place I saw in separate posts. I’ll keep the daily recap, but they’ll be more of an overview of what I did instead of a full blown detailed write-up.
So without further ado, my wonderful experience in the northern capital, Beijing.
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Rain + hole in shoe = disaster. That pretty much sums up my day.
It rained all day for the first time since I arrived in Shanghai. Rain storms aren’t fun in NYC and they’re even less fun here, mostly because it becomes even more hazardous to cross the streets with all those bikes and mopeds. Anyways, I got my first dose of heavy rain when I went out between classes to Trust Mart to get a hiking backpack. It isn’t exactly a short walk out to the front gate where Trust Mart is, so I got soaked. I tried my best to tread through the rain carefully so the water wouldn’t get into my shoes, but it was raining too heavily. Luckily, I did find a hiking backpack. Too bad my luck seemingly ended there…
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What can I say? Today was a typical Tuesday. Not much to do when class stretches from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. I did learn some very interesting stuff about Shanghai in City & Environment. Marketing, on the other hand, has sort of become a pain. I’m not really enjoying it much anymore and the work load is looking pretty heavy for this class in the upcoming weeks.
Anyways, I guess I won’t be taking a 24 hour train ride from Guilin to Chengdu. That backfired on us, so we’ll be taking a flight instead. I’m not complaining about the extra costs because the plane only takes two hours, which is infinitely better than a 24 hour train ride. Not that I would have hated the train ride. Would have been quite the experience.