Finally some time to write about what has happened during the last two weeks: Before and after the Formula One Race Thea and me did mainly sightseeing in Shanghai. We saw the famous Nanjing Road, visited the Shanghai museum and the Shanghai Exhibition Center, saw the Pudong side with the tall skyscrapers, went to a tiny part of the old Shanghai called Qibao and went to the beautiful Yuyuan Garden.
After three more days of Shanghai we took the overnight train to Beijing. After a 10 hour ride we arrived in the capital of China. We stayed at the Happy Dragon Hostel, which was really cozy with a nice bar, where we got to know quite a lot of people from all over the world. The first day we visited the Forbidden City, the Tienanmen Square and the Temple of Heaven Park. The second day we visited the Summer Palace, which is incredible! Beautiful landscape and a lot of old temples! On the third day we saw a part of the Chinese wall, which was probably the best part of our trip! It's hard to believe how huge that wall is and we only saw a little part of it! On the last day we saw the Lama temple and the Olympia Park.
After one last relaxing day one week ago Thea had to leave and I had to go back to work.
This weekend was a long weekend. Because the May Holiday was a Sunday we got another free day today! They should start doing that in Germany ;).
Anyway I went to Hangzhou on a day trip yesterday and it was...too crowded!! I've read in many travel guides that you should not travel on a Chinese holiday but this was the worst I've ever seen! The lake in Hangzhou itself is really beautiful but with 100,000 to 200,000 people around it, it simply doesn't feel as nice.
The rest of the week I'll be in Changzhou for work and the coming weekend I'll fly out to Seoul to (hopefully) get the right visa this time.
Enjoy the pics and stay tuned :).
Hangzhou:
Beijing:
Shanghai:
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