My First Trip Into Beijing!

Friday, we all headed into Beijing!  First, we went to the 798 art district, which I loved!  It had so many interesting art exhibits, and shops, and pretty little restaurants and cafes, it's a lovely part of town.

 One of my roommates taking a picture of a funny sign (half the fun of sightseeing out and about!  :-)

 Not sure what these things are, but there were several of them around.  Rather interesting.

Plastered t-shirt, anyone?

A beautiful set of doors I fell in love with!

 

Fans!

 

More lovely doors!

 

How much is that kitty in the window?

The neatest light fixtures!

Another neat door (can you tell I love doors?)

  
A red tree!  I think it was wrapped in some kind of yarn or string.

 

Dinosaurs!

 

Willow trees!  :-D

 

Would you like a cup of excellence?  Or perhaps a cup of Ethiopia?

This building was so interesting!  It was completely covered with PVC pipes.

And this one was covered in boards.

We watched this guy make some really yummy crepe-like things, it smelled SO good!

A really awkward cookie-cutter picture!  They're NOT made for tall westerners, haha!  I think the Chinese people snapping pictures also got quite a kick out of it.  :-)

I have no idea what this tower thing is, but it looks pretty cool!
 

I don't know about you, but soaking in coffee doesn't really sound all that pleasant to me...

There are so many vine-covered buildings here - gorgeous!  I love it!

This is where we ate lunch - Laker's Pizza.  :-)
 

The menus were very picture-worthy.  :-)  I wasn't brave enough to try the 'Dances With Wolves' pizza...
 

Would you care for some flesh attached? 

Their cheese pizza and garlic bread was quite good!  Different than in the US, but very tasty and filling.

A little good clean fun!  :-)

A pet chipmunk!  I've always wanted one...  So cute!

And his audience was pretty cute, too.  :-)

Two Firsts

A beautiful morning in QYD! 

This is the view from our dining room window here at the apartment.  Pretty breathtaking, if you ask me.  :-)

It's the Moon Festival here this week (today, in fact), so that means we get to enjoy a four-day weekend.  They celebrated the festival early at the FH, so yesterday was a little party for the kiddos, and the nannies and volunteers joined in!  

Mooncakes (and every other kind of round food) are a big part of the celebration.  I had my first taste yesterday!  I tend to think they look much better than they taste....  Perhaps it's an acquired taste.  :-)