Jingshan Park

Today I woke up quite a lot later than yesterday and had to have a slightly more rushed breakfast in order to get to Jingshan Park to meet LY.  We had a lovely long walk up the hill to see the great views over Beijing on the “North Axis”, with … See more...

First Private Restaurant

For lunch, LY took me to the first privately owned and run restaurant in Beijing, in a back-street not far from the park, where they served traditional Chinese/Beijing dishes.  It was good.

LY shared with me a new drink, which is also supposed to be a traditional Beijing drink.  It’s … See more...

Old Beijing University

We had passed by the old building of Beijing University on the way to lunch, and decided to go back afterwards for a look inside.

There was an interesting sign for the toilet. A security guard saw us paying so much attention to it, and came to explain to LY … See more...