BEIJING

Yes... We are in Beijing now. This city reminds me of New York. There are many new, tall buildings. And there are many parks here, where all the old people work out in the morning. But this city is much more spread out than NY. The traffic is bad, not because they drive badly ( even though they do, but we are very used with that kind of driving now. and they do not hunk as much here...), but there are sooo many cars everywhere.
we are staying at a very cosy hostel, in the center of the city. right next to the forbidden city. but we still have to take taxis everywhere we want to go, because it is so spread out.

we have been to a lot of markeds. the pearl marked, the silk marked and yashow marked. i have shopped... and shopped... i am very good at bargin now! today a girl told me that i was stupid. and she wanted to kill me, and then she hit me, and said it was no wonder i had no boyfriend, because nobody liked me. because i was so mean. only because i wanted a sweater a bit cheaper. she was crazy! and i had to just walk away, so i would not hit her too. i got really angry. but most of the time it is just fun. and we have met a lot of great people:)

we also went to the forbidden city today. that was fun, or it was ok. i have seen a lot of palaces now on our trip, so i am a bit tired of it. but i liked it, and i could not have been in beijing for so long, and not visit the forbidden city. we have also been to the summer palace. that was beautiful:)

yesterday, we went to the great wall. eirin and marie came a few days ago, so we are travelling with them now. they are friends of camillas. we walked for about 10 km. up, and down. it felt a lot longer. we did a lot of climbing. we went on the oldest part of the wall, and it was kind of ruined some places, so the path was not very good. but that was actually kind of fun:) i had a great time!!! it goes in the memory book for ever...

tomorrow we are going to a kung fu show in the evening. that will be fun:) and i think i want to see the mao museum tomorrow too. and maybe see the olympic stadium...

and on saturday i am leaving. i am going on my own to xian. i am going on a train for 12 hours or something... hardsleeper, so that can be interesting... so that is how i am going to celebrate my mothers birthday. she is 50!

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