Saturday, February 23, 2008

A perfect day in Beijing

J is visiting Beijing for a week, and we hang out together yesterday. This is what we did for the whole day:
1pm - Met up for lunch, had 新疆菜 near 新疆饭店
3pm - Took a walk on 南锣鼓巷 near 后海, stopped for coffee in 过客
4pm - Walked at 后海, had various Beijing food including 豆汁 at 九门小吃
6pm - Went to 国家大剧院 (the "egg"), amazed at the architecture, met 黄牛党 (details in the next post)
7:15pm - Couldn't get tickets for performance at the Egg, disappointed, went to 首都剧院, watched the play 莲花 there
10pm - After the show, had dinner at 西门鸡翅 near 北大
11:30pm - Went to a bar with a live band near 清华, it is definitely overcrowded and we can hardly move, the music was good but hard to breath, amazed at the amount of exchange students in Beijing
12:30pm - Foot massage in 文津酒店
2pm - Got back home

Not something one can do every weekend, but it definitely feels good to experience a city with a good friend.

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