Getting ready for the airport

Getting ready for the airport at the Beijing Hutong Culture Inn - we do NOT want to leave!!!

Meeting Lyndsey Biddle at Starbucks

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Lyndsey took Chinese courses with Yang Laoshi at JC and she has been teaching English in China for about five years - a great contact for those who are interested in teaching English in China.
* There are a lot of Starbucks in China - great meeting places!

Giving tips and info on teaching English in China!

Shopping Spree in Shopping Paradise

We all had SO MUCH fun shopping in different places in China!  Some of our bargaining skills are even better than native Chinese.  Surely got a lot of unbelievably great deals - very happy!

Today's new purchase!

 

 

Eating our way across China #?

Eating salad with chopsticks

                                                      Squirrel fish

Riding Chinese Pleasant Goat, Lazy Goat, and Micky Mouse

You simply can not imagine how much fun we had and how much attention we had attracted!

Pleasant Goat and Lazy Goat are the most famous current Chinese cartoon characters from the cartoon "Pleasant Goat and Grey Wolf".

And of course - Micky Mouse!

Beijing zoo - Giant pandas, etc.

When you see pandas, you would feel that everything is OK, the whole world is OK!  They are the most relaxed and adorable animals!!!  On the last day in Beijing, some of us visited Beijing zoo to see pandas and a lot more, some of us went to 798 (An Art Zone), and Courtney interviewed a Chinese scholar in Spanish (language).

Giant tiger statue - new at the zoo.

                                                    Feeding a zebra.

Panda house - a perfect place to chill down.

                                         Crocodile or alligator?

Traditional Chinese Shabu Shabu hotpot!

Hotpot Beijing style

                       Special sliced beef for hotpot!

Very full already - still a lot to come - Chinese spirit of treating guests!