This early, only one activity came to mind: the daily flag-rising ceremony on Tian An Men Square.
Posts tagged China
The Crazy Journey from Ottawa to Beijing
Keeping Mark (and my in-laws) busy and happy added a new dimension to hell, and we were going to be stuck above ground for 14 hours.
This is How Planning a Trip to China Started
“I was wondering whether meeting your relatives in China would be a nine or a ten on the awkwardness scale. I think it’d be a then. Yes, definitely a ten.”
A Simple Explanation (or Conversing With a 22-Month-Old Toddler)
So, Yéyé, Nǎinai and daddy are Chinese. Well, you too, obviously. And guess what—we are going to China! Far far from Canada.
Getting Ready for Mark’s First Big Trip With a Culture Shock
We decided it was time to graduate Mark from “easy international trips” (France, the US, Canada and Mexico) to “hell, let’s take an adventure”.
The Unique Beijing Silk Market Experience
Once you enter the underground Silk Market at the Yonganli subway station, some 1,700 retail vendors and over 3,000 salespeople are waiting for you, the 白鬼子 (our nickname, we are the “white ghosts”). And as we walk through the narrow alleys, we are nicely asked to part with our Yuan.