Not so Great trip that was a ton of fun
Again we fly through the countryside at 350km per hour and it was a great trip. It was a lot more unexpected than we thought it would be. Firstly, Beijing is a nice city. Very different than Shanghai, but very familiar at the same time. It’s older, you could feel some of the ancient spirit in the city. It’s the capital, so it’s a little bit more formal, but in a hard way to explain if you’ve never been; a lot more military presence, for starters, but it’s not like we don’t have the same in Shanghai, with police or military presence. It’s just more formal. The government buildings you always see the guards and staff, but in Beijing, the dress was a bit more crisp, the men standing attention stood at attention . It’s also less of a Western presence in Beijing, so we got a lot more looks. Our first night, once we got checked in, we headed out to try to find food and J had something marked near us and it was a 10 minute walk. ...