China
Day 6-7: The Train to Ulaanbaatar
Friday (day 6), after 5 full days in Beijing, we had to get up bright and early to board the first leg of our Trans-Siberian journey. It was actually so surreal to be heading off on this epic cross-continent train journey that we kind of had to keep pinching ourselves to realize that it was […]
Last Beijing Day
Ola! We have connection! And time! So, here’s a quick post before we head into the steppes of Mongolia! We had one last lovely morning at our hotel in the Hutong – Soluxe Courtyard Hotel. Really, after coming to the Howard Johnson’s luxury (and yeah, I really do mean luxury!) and busy downtown atmosphere, we […]
Day 4: The Summer Palace
It’s actually day 5 as this is being written, right before we need to check out of our lovely hotel. We aren’t sure what to expect at the next one (it’s a Howard Johnson :S), and with our bright and early departure tomorrow morning, we likely won’t have time to do another post. After that […]
Day 2: Beijing Photos
We just got back from the wall and have now had dinner and desert (yummy pineapple – more to come on this amazing fruit). Here are some of the shots from yesterday’s journey. Norbert and Norman checking out some poetry, written by an emperor in honor of Confucius. Alicia near one of the pavilions that […]
Day One: Beijing
Alicia with our Mascots Norbert and Norman (also known as NNN) once we landed after our flight. Us at the Beijing Airport. Let me start by saying I (Alicia) was getting pretty stressed out on the flight here about the likely huge wave of culture shock I was going to experience by heading to a […]
The dirty Hungarian phrasebook
I will not buy this record, it is scratched. When in on this trip, if I only say something this inoffensive I will be happy. For those of you wondering about the non-sequitur, enjoy a good skit. When at home communication is key. You need it in your job, with your friends, and to explain […]
The Great Wall
Given the timing of this post I want to clarify something. And that is – no – this is not a post about the Ice Wall in Game of Thrones. Now with that out of the way… When we started planning and knew we had a few days in Beijing the obvious question came up – do we […]
Diplomatic practices
This may be putting the cart before the horse, but it seems we now have all of our required visas! Actually that’s a lie, since at the time of posting we’re still waiting on our Chinese visas to be approved. However being someone that occasionally likes to leap before he looks, I wanted to share […]