My Internship in China

Fall Colors at Fragrant Hills in Beijing On Sunday, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, and Sabrina and I decided to postpone our tour through the Hutongs for two reasons: First, we could do that on a rainy day as well, and second, her friend, a German-speaking tour...

Bell and Drum Tower Visa Trouble Another week at work passed much too quickly, and time is flying by. I cannot imagine that I have been here for almost 2 months already. This weekend, I went to the Bell and Drum Tower, and also found out some exciting news about my...

Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall I had visited all the major sights of Beijing on a previous visit, but all of them in 2 days, so yes, I can say I have been at the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, and the Summer Palace, but have I seen...

Tuesday was Nir's last day in China, so he had to go find some nice souvenirs for his friends and family.  While I was at work, he went to the Silk market and one last time to Tiananmen Square.  He was supposed to come to my office at 5.30 PM so we could go...

Beijing Acrobatic Show Today, I had to go back to work, so Nir went off on his own to see the Great Wall at Badaling and later, saw the Beijing Acrobatic Show - finally.  I would have loved to go with him, even though I did not like Badaling very much the first...

Beijing Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven & Beijing Duck Exploring Beijing Summer Palace  The next day, we went to the Beijing Summer Palace and actually planned to get there very early, but traffic was so bad that it took us almost 1 ½ hours to get...

Exploring Beijing - Forbidden City & Hou Hai Lake Exploring Beijing - Forbidden City On Saturday morning Nir, one of the Israelis I met in Chengdu flew in from Xi’an and I met him at IKEA.  It was really nice to see him again.  Nir planned to stay...

Tibetan Quarter in Chengdu Sunday was my last day in Chengdu, but my flight left at 8:00 PM, so it was almost another full day!  After checking out of Sam's (luckily I could leave my suitcase there) I went to Starbucks and had a nice cafe latte and a chocolate...

Chengdu Panda Bear Sanctuary On my 6th day, I finally had a chance to visit the Pandas!!!  I had decided not to go to the large Panda reservation in Wolong, but to the closer Panda Bear Sanctuary and Research Station directly in Chengdu.  I have heard that...

Exploring Sichuan Province I really have to say that day 5 was the absolute highlight of the whole week in Sichuan Province.  I had booked another tour with the travel agency at Sam's, which was supposed to take me out of the city to see the countryside and a...