The 2 first days in Beijing were rainy, dark, misty and sort of depressing. But on the third day the sky was clear blue and the weather was one of the best I've seen in 3 years! Was amazing!
The first day we went to the Mongolian Embassy to apply for a visa there. The embassy opens from 8.30-11.30 on Mondays and we came around 9 or so. After standing in the que for about 2 hours it was obvious that we were not gonna make it. A lof of chinese skipped the que or then some random people from nowhere came and gave the people in front a stack of passports and applications which made the que move so damn slow. So just before it was our turn 11.30 they closed the desk and said "Come tomorrow 14.00" and that was it. Next day the Visa section opened at 14.00 but we came around 12.00 and at 14.30 our application was done. The visa was done in the evening at 21.00. So much for that...Some guide books says it's easiest to get in Beijing so I wonder how hard it is in other places...
I also went to check out apartments in Seasons Park where I used to live. The prices have gone up like crazy. Now the price for a 1 room flat of about 30m2 is 5800-6500 rmb/month. That's something like 700 Euros...Prices in China are soaring!
Party food and Sanlitun is what I love most about Beijing. Everything is neatly in 1 small place. Bars, Resaurants, Clubs, Cafees, People, Noise, Calm, Shops and whatever you might imagine. This is something Shanghai does not have, at least not yet. Everything here is more scattered around.
My all time favorite Chinese food is the one that comes from the Xinjiang region up in the west where the people look like foreigners. They are an Ugry minority and make some really good stuff. So far I haven't really found any THAT good Xinjiang places in Shanghai but Beijing have plenty of them like this one just next to my old flat!
They had some kind of road construction in the middle of Jiuba jie (Booze street) and the workers are sleeping under the white roof you can see there in the corner. Well at least they have a "Great Location"
Coca Cola had some campaign going on in the middle of Sanlitun, the fountains were shooting water in the rhythm of the music, looked cool.
Beijings nr.1 street
How about some parma ham, salami, bread, 5 different cheese for 10 euros? I loooove Nearby The Tree!
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