Part 2: Wangfujing
Wangfujing, the main shopping street, is about a 15 minutes walk from Tian’anmen Square. If you don’t enjoy walking, you can also take the subway: it”s just one station away from Tiananmen East. At Wangfujing you can basically get anything you need. Everything is pretty expensive though, so I am usually perfectly happy just window [...]
Part 1: Tian’anmen Square
Tian’anmen Square, right in the center of the city and the largest square in the world, is always packed with tourists, Chinese and Western alike, and of course vendors selling tacky souvenirs, postcards, kites, water, etc. Here I also got to witness the rapid change Beijing is under. When I came on Monday, the Square [...]
The Center of the City
On Monday and Tuesday, I did some sightseeing in the central area of Beijing. I am going to post my tours in three or four different posts, sorted by area. If there’s one thing I have learned from the last two days, it’s to bring super-comfy shoes when walking around Beijing all day long. This [...]
Day 1: Arriving in Beijing
As Jill already announced, I’ll be in Beijing for the next four weeks to blog about the ongoing preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as about travelling in and around Beijing.
After a very long trip, including an unexpected and involuntary stay overnight in Dubai as my original flight was cancelled, I finally arrived [...]