Jul 15 2007
Traveling to Beijing
I went to Beijing with my sister and her son from July 8th to 11th.
My nephew works for The Ritz Carlton in Osaka.
As he got three free tickets to Beijing ,he took us there.
It took about only three houres from Kansai air port to Beijing capital airport. So we were able to see one of the world heritages in Beijing in the afternoon.
We stayed four days and three night at the Ritz Carlton which was the five stars mark hotel ,beautiful and comfortable.
After a rest, we visited to Summer Palace which located beside Lake Konmei.
We were enjoyed the beautiful and magnificent scenery.
There was a large crowd there. I was surprised anyway.
It was said on the newspaper that we had to be careful about Chinese food. So we ate lunch or dinner at the well-known restaurants or the hotel’s ones.
July 9th.
Today we went the world heritage ,The Imperial Palace.
There was a large crowd in the Tenanmon square ,too. I’ve never seen such people in Japan.
First, it took about thirty monutes to get the admission tickets.
About three houre under the high temperature ,we walked and saw the ancient buildings. I drank a cup of ice-coffee at Star backs which got into a newspaper.
We were caught in a shower . It was a good break time for us.
After rain , we visited the next place Keizan Park. From the top of there , we could see a fine view of the whole palace roofs ,very beautiful yellow ones.
July 10th,
Today we went to the famous The Great Wall. We took a ropeway and went down the walls.
First, we went up the north highest wall and went down the unsafe steps for two hours.
It was very shiny sky. The wind was cool and comfortable.
After lunch , we visited one of the thirteen tombs,Chouryou.
We hired a taxi allday , we went to look for our house once we lived. But there were many new tall buildings .
It is the construction boom for 2008 Olympic games.
These four days, I walked many places ,I ate delicious Chinese food and I stayed a high-class hotel.
I was satisfied anyway.