Friday night, Carolyn took me to a great Taiwanese restaurant in the Gate 8 shopping centre. The beef wok and the chicken pot we had were delicious! Lots of flavour and lots of spices! I've also finally been introduced to "bubble tea" also known as Boba Tea. It's a typical drink from Taiwan... This restaurant is very likely to become our new evening canteen as it's very tasteful and very close to the hotel.
On Saturday morning, I got up early to meet up at 7.30am with Tina and Lili who were taking me skiing for the day. We drove to Nanshan - about 1h30 from Beijing - met some other guys there and rented all the gear we needed... including clothing! Nanshan is of course a "fake snow" resort but it's the 2nd biggest around Beijing and hosts winter sports competitions! It also has a great snow park... too bad I don't do snowboarding.Even though the resort was not that big, it was still very enjoyable for one day! Also, we've been pretty lucky as the weather was very nice all day. Clear blue sky, no wind, quite warm at some stage... a pure day of fun!
I even got a chance to pretend I was a boat crew from Deadliest Catch! Opilio crabs... fear for your life!!! More seriously, these were my rental waterproof clothes. I would certainly not have picked this colour if it had been up to me but it turned out to be very comfy and kept me warm throughout the day!
Do I have insurance??? What exactly was I thinking when I decided to go there? No idea! On top of that, this slope was marked as a "difficuit trail" - I'm not too sure if I should do it if it's "difficuit"! :) Honestly, that's probably one of the hardest slopes I ever had to ski on... very very steep, very icy, very uneven, very scary!Feel like like skiing with me? Check this out...
On Sunday, I finally visited Gulou Drum Tower and took some pictures of the city from a higher point of view :)
If you have weak knees, don't go up these stairs! Seriously, each step was about the length of my tibia... quite a challenge to go up and down!
Traffic in Beijing is often like that... mental!
This other building is Zhonglou... also mentioned in the above link.
This is Ja'er hutong, right next to Gulou.I then walked to HouHai to do some quick tourist shopping. I have to admit that I don't go unnoticed in Beijing. For instance, the first shop that I entered in Houhai started playing a new song "Aux Champs Elysées" as soon as I came in... I don't think that was a coincidence! The next song was another one from Joe Dassin - I might not be a big fan of his but it made me smile :) After that, I went to the lake to watch people iceskate and chairskate... the following video will help you understand what "chairskating" is...
Headed "home" before sunset and had a Japanese meal with some friends... It was a good weekend overall but my muscles are in pain!!!
7 comments:
Glad to see that you are having fun King Crabe!! Maybe soon you'll enter into a shop and people will start for you to dance techtonik.
you really have to stop adding all these cool features to your blog, like picasa slideshows, it makes my blog look even more pathetic. And how about all those visitors who dont leave any comments - bastards!
Anyway, i was gonna watch your skiing video but it doesnt work. i myself are feeling pretty crappy today but seeing you having such a good time makes it better of course :)
*Amélie- If I ever find anybody dancing techtonik, I swear I'll make a video... I need to start converting people to it. It will hit them sooner or later anyway!
*Danny- My skiing video does work... try again :) I know I'm showing off with all these cool features but it really saves time, you should def try Picasa! Sorry to hear you feel crappy... I'll go leave a comment now to make you feel better.
yay, boba :P that stuff is addicting, watch out!
...and your chairskating video is amusing -- when do we get to see a video of you testing it out? ;)
--Arlene
Des week-ends avec beaucoup d'expériences intéréssantes. Effectivement petit pb tech avec la descente en ski, j'ai regardé la map de cette station de ski ... improbable !
As-tu gardé ton style développé à Val Louron ?
Nos amis gujanais qui se rendent à la Fed Cup sont entrain de voler vers Beijing, photos par mail sous peu pour les reconnaitre.
Gujan a gagné le titre hier après un suspens insoutenable :)
Ni Hao! Wo jiao Matti. Wo xue Jingi zai Tampeilei daxue.
Zaijian!
Ah oui, ça marche ... ou plutôt ça skie !!! Es-tu celle qui tient la caméra, on voit un être jaune sur la droite ?
J'essaye d'insérer une vidéo Picasa sur mon site, pb pb pb : où est le sav ?
Les Gujanais
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