I have no idea if the characters in the title will post or not, but I wanted to do a similar post to last year, Bienvenidos a Madrid! I failed miserably at learning any Mandarin, but what I did find out is that even if people speak different dialects they can still read the formal written characters. How interesting? I guess it shouldn’t be that weird, but that’s about as far as I got in the book.
By the time this posts, we will have been in Beijing for a few days after flying from Boston! I hope the 15 hour total flying time (with a short layover in Chicago) wasn’t as long as I thought! And I also hope we’ve adjusted to the 12 hour time difference by now!
I think I’m most looking forward to the three-day river cruise down the Yangtze later this week where we’ll get to relax a bit on the boat. There are some excursions planned where we’ll go ashore to see a few villages and get an up-close view of the Three Gorges (Wikipedia link). After that we’re off on the high-speed train (SAY WHAT!?) to Suzhou where we’ll spend a few days. I’ll have another post next week that tells you about Week two!
Have fun!
Thanks Rob! It’s been great so far.
Have a great trip!
Thanks Naomi! It’s been great so far.
I have a hankering to do The Three Gorges trip so will be looking forward to hearing of yiur experiences.
The trip is amazing! The actual water village was basically Disney China. Haahaa.
Have a great time! The characters in your post title look fine to me. 🙂
Enjoy the high-speed train journey too! Going by train is my favourite way to travel because you can just sit back and enjoy the scenery as it goes past. One of my travel goals is to do a tour by rail around the East Coast of the States.
Thank Grace! And good to hear.