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| Exploring District 798 |
Spring was on it's way! But now it must officially be summer? The temperatures went from a nasty freezing to a tropical 30 degrees~ almost overnight. Well.... really in the span of a week.... But perhaps spring only lasts a week? Last week we had highs of 26, 27, 28 degrees and next week we are in the 32, 34, 31 degree area! Ek! Is that spring weather??
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| Not art, just lunch- Chinese pancake |
The once barren and dormant Beijing trees are now burdened with small green buds or beautiful pink/white blossoms and signs of life... the birds are returning and yesterday we even found two very small spiders in the bathroom. Sadly, the pollution has been quite high this week and although we had some great days earlier this month. Its disappointing because on March 15th (Beijing wide) the government central heating was turned off. So we assumed that the reduction in coal burning would consequently reduce pollutions... however not so. The strangest thing is that every week the good air days seem to occur... when we're at work!! Murphy's law huh?
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| Chinese laughing dogs |
In March, we had been doing a little bit more tiki touring around the city and recently visited District 798. Beijing's contemporary art scene. This district has quite a collection of random, funky art works and is home to an unusually large gathering of art museums and art displays.
The district is quite a contrast to the rest of the city's conservative nature with open displays of graffiti and colour. We plan to head back again soon to enjoy the open coffee shops and bars!. We have included a few photos from the district on this blog for you to enjoy!
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| At the Birds Nest Stadium (beginning of the month). |
Earlier in the month we also visited the "Bird's Nest". The Beijing stadium was built solely for the 2008 Olympic Games. To be honest, there wasn't much there... just a big stadium and a lot of concrete and a lot of people just milling around selling old souvenirs!
The whole experience is a little touristy now too- you can pay to do a tour inside or to get your photo taken with the stadium in the background. (We just took our own camera). We hope that in the future Beijing figures out something useful that they can use it for.
On reflection of March... work has been very tie consuming and we haven't had as much time as we would have liked to travel.... we really need to get out more! Surely it must be time for a holiday...............................
to be continued :)
Tot siens,
John and Kara
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| Keeping a tree warm? |
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| Chinese Baijou |
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