Sightseeing in Beijing was an incredible experience! The Forbidden City was amazing to see in person! Red, the symbolic color of imperial power, is a dominant theme throughout the Forbidden City. Inside the immense courtyard includes five bridges stretching over the Golden water. The five bridges represent the five Confucian virtues of 1) humanity, 2) sense of duty, 3) wisdom, 4) reliability and 5) ceremonial propriety.
As you saw in Ted’s video, we rode in a rickshaw alongside the Beijing Houhai Lake, where many trendy bars and restaurants are located.
We also experienced a Chinese Teahouse firsthand. Teahouses are very common in Beijing. Chinese tea comes in many varieties and some rather expensive types of Chinese tea are said to cure an ailing body extraordinarily well. While at the teahouse, I bought a teacup with a dragon on it. However, when you pour the tea into the cup, the picture completely changes into the Great Wall of China! It’s amazing!
The trip has been great so far! Trying to communicate with others is pretty difficult though! A group of us wanted to order pizza delivery the other night, but no one spoke English at the hotel. So we typed in our order in google and translated it to Chinese! It worked! The order was a little off, but we got our pizza and that’s all that matters!
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I can't wait to keep up with your Olympic journalism trip this summer. This is awesome of keeping up with you. I hope it is cooler over there than here for this week, supposed to be lower 90's here in Houston, MIssouri. Shari
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