I've made it to the mainland and I'm all settled at my apartment. My jarbled chinese is getting me around and people are being very patient and friendly which makes everything a lot easier.
Today it was really sunny (you could actually see the sun which is kinda a big deal here) So I decided to walk out the front door of the apartment building, turn left, and walk straight with no real destination. Eventually I ended up at
Hou Hai - a beautiful lake surrounded by a walking path with lots of restaurants and bars. All of which were way too intimidating to go into. When I finally worked up an appetite, I started scouting out my very first Beijing restaurant experience, this was no easy task. I ended up walking into this cute little place, I took one look at the menu and found that the place had a theme...Pride and Prejudice. I took this as the perfect sign, seeing as this is one of my favorite stories, and had a very tasty lunch. When I headed back to my apartment, I jumped on the subway. Turns out the with my Olympic visa, I get to ride the subway for free...not too shabby.
Needless to say I'm exhausted and can't wait to go to sleep! This weekend I've got some plans to meet up with a couple other NBC Nightly News runners that are also just hanging out until we have to start working. And on Sunday my roommates get the day off so we're going to the zoo to see PANDAS!!
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