The first pictures of China are up! Check them out below!
Travel Gem! So it’s ok if I smoke in the bathroom…and by the window… and on the ceiling… but not on the bed.
Jing Du Yuan Hotel, the place we are staying
Beijing… note the “Youth Hostel Chains.” I definitely wish we had stayed there.
Beijing
The best roast duck in all of China. Supposedly. But the best I’ve ever tasted.
My cousins Elise and Sam, totally jet lagged and zonked out at dinner. They’re lookin’ FIERCE though!
Peking duck pancake. This was the most amazing thing of my life… I need to go back to this restaurant.
That mound of roast duckling on the plate to the right was consumed in about five seconds.
Roast Duck Restaurant. Go there.
Eliseey
Left to Right: Elise, Sam, (my cousins), Hillary, Donner (my sister and brother) in Beijing.
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
The Chinese a) wear umbrellas to ward off the sun, b) travel in tourist packs, and c) take millions of pictures. It’s quite a funny sight to witness.
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
One of the many ware-hawkers at Tainanmen Square
Mao Zedong
Some pictures of the Forbidden City.
Umbrellas everywhere. I find it funny that in the United States, everyone wants to be tan and so goes to the beach all of the time to soak in the sun- while in Asia, everyone wants to be whiter, so they routinely carry umbrellas to BLOCK the sun.
My brother and sister and me
A sun dial!
This was taken approximately two seconds before this ware-hawker turned and started screaming at me for taking a picture of her. Yes lady, it is completely inappropriate for me to take a picture of you when you are a) selling cheaply made items in one of the most touristy and photographed areas in China, and b) wearing ridiculous hats on your head.
My sister Hillary
Three lovely ladies in the Forbidden City
My bro holding up the Forbidden City
This is a pretty regal looking shot of all of us in the Forbidden City
The gorgeous garden area in the Forbidden City
Chinese people love to pose with us.
A view of the Forbidden City
In the afternoon, we took a bike ride around Beijing. This is Hao Hai, a really cool area of Beijing that stretches around a lake.
Rickshaw Drivers
Chinese Starbucks!
Black Sesame Green Tea Roll- Starbucks definitely has some different pastries…
Hao Hai, Beijing
This is a restaurant. Where does this look familiar…?
Funny little exercise spots all around Beijing
Bike ride in Hao Hai
Where we saw an acrobatics show in Beijing
Travel gem! I did not know Pringles offered flavors such as ‘Shrimp’ and ‘Seaweed.’
This is jade being carved at a huge jade factory that we went to in Beijing.
The jade factory in Beijing
Tourist trap. A good tourist trap. I caved in and got a pair of jade earrings. Thirty bucks. Love ’em.
Gorgeous jade pearls.
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Thank you for including us to share your tour memories. Fascinating. My favorite (other seeing all you handsome young people) PEKING DUCK. YUM.
Comment by GB May 21, 2010 @ 9:25 amBrittany: These are GREAT pictures – I have been grinning the whole time. I love that you are all there together and thanks for being the historian! Much love, Aunt Jami (PS – This is my very first visit to, and comment on, a blog)
Comment by Jami McKeon May 21, 2010 @ 8:59 pmSo great! Grama and I loved the pics and seeing all of you together!
Comment by auntie sue May 21, 2010 @ 10:51 pmNow I’m really jealous. What fantastic pictures and what an incredible experience. Drink it in. P.S. there’s a darned good Peking Duckhouse in NYC. Peking/Bejing Duckhouse. Compare it when you get home.
Comment by Uncle Doon May 26, 2010 @ 1:34 pmjade is beautiful and too bad you have to leave… I can take you to some pretty bomb duck places in Monterey Pary…. another day…
Comment by Letty May 31, 2010 @ 2:38 amBrit: you are a wizard! Thank you so much for making our trip a memorable experience that we can revisit on line whenever the mood hits us. I love the Boroians!
Comment by Mary Banks June 9, 2010 @ 10:46 amWe love the Banks!
Comment by brittanygoesglobal June 9, 2010 @ 10:47 amThe pictures brought back memories of my 5 year stay in Beijing..they are great.
Comment by Sereti August 25, 2010 @ 8:59 amWow, what an honor! So glad you enjoyed the pictures 🙂
Comment by brittanygoesglobal August 27, 2010 @ 7:25 am