Hello all!
My summer vacation was a couple weeks ago, but my summer intensive morning classes just ended, so I finally have time to post my photos! Beijing was a bit dirty, and I really missed Korean food, but overall it was great trip! Here we go:
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My first meal in China, a KFC chicken sandwich thing? I was really hungry at the airport. They also had these amazing egg tarts!
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A bus and a cool building
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Chinese words and some bicycles
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The Paris hotel, which was not where we stayed
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From a street over the bridge for crossing traffic. No one really walked over it but us tourists who would have definitely been run over by taxis otherwise
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A government building!
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Tiananmen Square
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Tiananmen Square take 2
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Square flag raising ceremony
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yellow haze and some guards
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more guards!
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A quiet glance through trees in the Forbidden City
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A large doorway in the Forbidden City
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Forbidden City lily pads and a wedding photo shoot!
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Where’s Ariel? (psst, I’m by a white pillar)
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A statue celebrating communism (probably)
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the most adorable dog in the world. this dog is real!
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a fantastic peking duck restaurant
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some stones in a temple complex
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dance party!
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I’m somewhere in this photo as well! Temple of Heaven
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This is where they sacrifice the pigs!
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A child with no diaper, very common. He can pee or poop on the UNESCO world heritage site at any moment and no one will care but the confused American tourists.
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Another wedding photo shoot! So pretty.
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the entrance to a terrifying food market
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these scorpions were twitching and still very much alive
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some glazed fruit!
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stinky tofu. it was an almost unbearable smell.
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and a cool shop
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yogurt drinks
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more insects and the like…
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I think maybe these are baby ducks? I don’t know..
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magic bubbling drinks!
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a Coca Cola store
The next day was dedicated to The Great Wall. It was a workout to climb, even though we only covered a small portion of it. We took a ski lift up, climbed right and left and up and down stairs, and then we slid down on toboggans!
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Up the cable car to the first point of the Great Wall!
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A view of the slide back down
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where the ski lift ends
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window inside one of the fortresses
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Great Wall
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view of the old portion of the wall, where no tourists are allowed
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a butterfly!
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steep stairs down
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really steep!
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and some steep stairs up!
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my attempt at a jump photo. One day I will be good at these!
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yellow haze at the Olympic Park
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bird’s nest
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couple clothes!
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the swimming pool
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bird’s nest up close
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a very cool building! I’m not sure what was inside…
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nighttime bird’s nest!
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nighttime swimming pool and fountain show!
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nighttime Olympic Park
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A district for eating!
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duck heads
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The next day, my last, was more relaxed. We mostly wandered around. We found a tea shop, and an art museum!
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The front of the art museum!
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some sketches
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a painting by Pang Maokun
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prints by Luo Yingqiu
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Luo Yingqiu
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Luo Yingqiu
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some calligraphy
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some calligraphy 2
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tea ceremony!
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blooming tea!
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and the express train to the airport and my flight home to Busan
Those were the highlights of my trip! I hope you enjoyed them. I miss you all!
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Bookin' it to Busan
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