White girls in China!

Beijing!

We arrived Saturday morning at 4:30am somewhere on the side of the road. Hmmm? We were promised by the guy who sold us the bus ticket that we would arrive at 7am at the Beijing Bus Station....kinda brings lost in translation to a whole new level. Ah well, we are in Beijing! The last stop on our Trans-Mongolian adventure!

We are staying with my sister's friend Stephanie and her fiancee Steve at their AMAZING apartment. This place is too good for us, and they are spoiling us way too much.

For a city the size of Belgium with a population over 13 million people, it is a bit chaotic. But it is such a cool city! You could spend months here and still not feel like you've seen it all.

The first thing we noticed when we arrived is that everyone stares at us though. Walking down the street, on the subway, sitting in restaurants...people are craning their necks around to look at us white girls. We went to Tian'eman Square and 3 people came up to us and asked if they can get their picture taken with us. So bizarre!

We have done most of the tourist stuff already like the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, so i think the next few days we will try to dig a bit deeper and check out some underground art galleries an back street hutongs and such.

Off for more exploring!