Saying anything about such well traveled sites like Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, or the Temple of Heaven is very diffcult since there is not much too new to say. So I will only say that Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, or the Temple of Heaven are all very impressive sites. Tiananmen is abnormally secure, even for China. The "insident" is only talked about in a round about way, never direcrly refered too. We took out an ECNU banner for our group photo and were quickly shut down by a member of the People's Armes Police AKA the Chinese military. I did get a Russian hat with a red star that is extreamly warm and very helpful in Beijing's current weather. I also don't know how anyone did any work in the Forbidden City, it is too cold in late-Fall and too hot in the Summer. Since I am a 20 something American in Asia, I ate a scorpion or three tonight. Basically, some poor fellow sticks live scorpions on a stick, they are flash fried alive, then served. In the words of the guy selling the scorpions "scopion very good," but it is not an item I would eat often. Finally, I got some Peking duck which I would recomend over the scorpion unless you are trying to scare your friends and class mates.
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Dad
10/30/2016 12:15:07 am
Love the hat. I guess you paid for 3 scorpions, so might as well eat all 3 lest you waste the money.
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Jared Paul Miller
10/30/2016 09:45:37 pm
I also love the hat. The scorpions are honestly not that bad, a bit expensive but not bad. There is no note of the students in Tiananmen. No one really knows what happened to that guy.
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Sharon
10/30/2016 09:09:09 am
oh, don't eat Bugs u crazy child!
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Jared Paul Miller
10/30/2016 09:46:55 pm
Are the scorpions bugging you? From what I hear pound for pound there is more protein in insects then in beef, just food for thought.
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Sharon
10/31/2016 08:18:47 am
oy...:) Leave a Reply. |
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