So, in the last two weeks, it was super busy due to a few reasons:
- HBA was coming to an end soon, so we wanted to make the most of the remaining time in China, a.k.a. visit as many places as we could in the remaining time.
- A bunch of tests, including final exam, HSK （汉语水平考试）, and OPIc (some speaking test).
- The Olympics were on TV...
The side effects of this extreme busyness are as follows:
- Slightly (only slightly) less time to study. Really, only slightly.
- Slightly (only slightly) less time to sleep. Really, only slightly.
- Slightly (only slightly) less time to write the blog. Really, only slightly.
- A heck of a lot more fun!!! Really, a heck of a lot more!
I think that the above list would be slightly (only slightly) more truthful if you replaced all the instances of "slightly" with another word of slightly higher degree. Really.
Since I visited too many places, I decided that I would combine all of them into one blog post, so get ready... believe me, it was really hard to find only two representative photos from each awesome place we visited. If you want to know more about any of this stuff, feel free to contact me!
*** Acrobatics ***
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| Acrobatics are hard to show with pictures, but this... |
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| All the performers, it's really not the same if you didn't see the show =( |
*** 龙庆峡 (Long Qing Xia) Great Dragon Gorge ***
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| Bungee jumping, but too bad I didn't do it... |
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| Awesome 高老师 in foreground + awesome background = Awesome picture! |
** Lama Temple ***
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| A courtyard, you can kneel at the incense burner if you want |
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| Taking pictures with foreigners! Oh wait, they're also HBA students... =P |
*** Temple of Heaven ***
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| Hopefully a representative picture... |
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| Taking pictures with 外国人, for real this time! |
*** Laoshe Teahouse ***
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| Huge teacup outside that says 大碗茶 (huge bowl of tea) |
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| Lots of performances, including some awesome shadow puppets |
*** 北京大学 (Peking University) ***
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| Looks like a beautiful park, this green-ness is not often seen in Beijing! |
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| I have an umbrella because it rained, OK? |
*** Xidan ***
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| "Shopping Center" pretty much describes what we did here |
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| In retrospect, I should have bought more stuff in China =( |
*** Tiananmen Square ***
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| The Tiananmen flagpole, complete with the two guards |
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| Tiananmen Square, not sure what else to say... |
*** Forbidden City ***
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| At the entrance, as you can see, there are many tourists |
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| If only we were allowed to try sitting on that throne! |
*** Spinning Cafe (?) -- not sure exactly what it's called ***
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| It's that round thing at the top of the hotel, pretty high-class (and expensive) |
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| But the view is probably worth it, and the cafe spins, too! |
*** Graduation ***
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| Director Liu: "You can speak English now!" --- WOO-HOO! YAY!!! |
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| Final lunch with teachers... got pictures with all the teachers, except 周老师 =( |
I hope that this post was not incredibly boring and long since it covered so much stuff. But I think it's OK because most of it is pictures, and everyone likes pictures more than walls of text. My only problem with this is that I don't think a measly two pictures can fully detail the true awesomeness of each of these experiences, so again, if you want to know more or get more pictures, feel free to ask me, and I'd be happy to share with you!
And thus my adventures in China came to a close. But wait, they did not, because one last awesome event happened, before I headed off to Tianjin to see my relatives one more time before I headed home to America.
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