I'm right now in Beijing and have returned to a society of simplified Chinese characters and one in which it's terribly cold, might I mention.  I find it hilarious that before coming to Beijing, my friends, Shiela and Kate, and I all got excited at the thought of finally being able to wear winter clothing again and how lively we would become (because we were so sick of Taiwan's so-called winter).  But after getting a dosage of this arctic cold weather for two days, we're desperately longing to reeturn to Taiwan and looking for places to visit in Beijing that's indoors. 



On the coldest day of our stay here in Beijing, we decided to go visit the Forbidden City.  The temperature was -7 degrees Celsius and -17 with windchill.  We entered the place at 1 in the afternoon and wanted to leave by 2, but we felt guilty  leaving a place that we paid to get into.  Therefore, we endured the cold for another hour and tried to get as much knowledge and culture out of the place as possible.  However, when we saw the exit from afar, we made a dash for it and left at 2:45. 



Speaking of pictures, I cannot decorate my posts with them because of the Chinese government's need for censorship.  You all will need to wait until I arrive in Hong Kong before you can view pics....sorry.  For now, I'm just going to keep a running list of things I've been doing each day in Beijing. 

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