We were supposed to wake up at 6:30 but got woken up at 5:30 cos grandma was too excited lol (and also a bit scared that we'd miss our plane)
Left house around 7:00 to get to airport, we hand to trundle our suitcases across cobble stoned streets and a bridge to get to the bus terminal where we could catch the airport express
Once we got to the airport and checked in, we sat down and ate KFC for brekkie - i had this really weird croissant-ish thing with a chicken fillet in it
Baiyun departures airport is quite pretty, big and clean. Nothing like how i'd imagine it...
Took off for Beijing at 10 and sat in really awesome seats (i'm thinking premium economy!) with personal inflight entertainment
Watched HP:DH2 and cried again. Wth. Didn't think I'd shed a tear on a plane.
Was supposed to sleep during the 3ish hour flight but obviously didn't...
No regrets~
Arrived in Beijing and located our guide - Gary - waving his cute little red tour flag with a stuffed toy hanging at the end
We were transferred by van to the place we'd be staying at for the next week: schonbrunn hotel Pretty classy European establishment (on the outside) (well, on the inside it's not that bad either, but it's pretty spectacular on the exterior)
Got settled with our luggage and then walked out into the wild after a nap
Freakin' cold. As in, freakin' cold.
Ate some random local spicy dishes at some random local restaurant located down a dark side street - one dish consisted of 75% chilli peppers and 10% bacon. Some other weird stuff -.- Like fruit salad with mayo but the mayo was...weird.
The restaurant played this one song over and over again and it got super creepy. Meanwhile, the waiteress was super overzealous and made me think she was going to drug our food.
Good times~
Then we walked to the nearby supermarket (~10 min walk) and stocked up on face cream (ESSENTIAL!!!!) and snacks. The supermarket was like a 2-storey Walmart kind of establishment.
Overwhelming...
Then we walked back home and slept super early after watching some Bourne identity on TV.
donna.
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