So I'm back in Beijing again. Can't say it's much different from the last time I'm here other than it being not as cold and about three times as dusty due to the recent sandstorms. Spent yesterday showing folks around the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. (Oh yes, we did enjoy the ridiculousness of walking around the 600-year-old forbidden city with our bourgeois Starbucks latte and frappucino's.) Last night was a quick dinner at Yong He (aka my favourite Chinese fast food joint) and we all collapsed after our crazy night in Seoul and travel morning caught up with us.
I slept for 14 hours.
Woke up today and had a surprisingly "normal" Sunday. Had Canto noodles at GL Cafe and then shopped around China World Trade. For dinner we went to the famous Quanjude in Qianmen (the *original* branch) and had some insane amounts of Peking Duck. We even got the official "duck cards" that told us we ate ducks number one-billion something or other and one-billion something or other plus one...we affectionately named our ducks Dan and Ann. (Dan and Ann lived fruitful and purposeful lives.) Duck and duck-happy people pictures below...
The chef carves up our first duck
Sarah and I bask in our post-duck happiness
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