Goodbye BNU

 Ni hao!

 After our trip to the florist, I decided to pay a visit to the Beijing Normal University gift shop.

 I had been looking for a BNU hoody after seeing one of the lads wearing one, but I couldn't find the one I wanted in the shop. However, I bought a beautiful BNU keyring and a BNU mug to drink Horlicks out of (I love Horlicks).

 Afterwards I took some last photos of the gorgeous BNU campus where I had spent three happy and action-packed weeks.

No bugles please

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x

The Great Wall of China

 Ni hao!

 We had all been looking forward to New Year's Day when we would be visiting the Great Wall of China. We set off by coach in the afternoon.

 I brought some cereal to eat for my lunch on the way: I had recently discovered cereal on sale in the Students' Supermarket and it was nice, although slightly different in taste to the cereal I'm used to - slightly sweeter, I think.

 We drove into the mountains and the scenery was lovely; also, it was striking how fast the landscape changed once we got out of the city, from busy and metropolitan to wild and sparse and rugged and beautiful.

 Here are some of my photos of the Great Wall excursion  some are of the Wall itself and some were taken from the Wall looking down into the valley. Enjoy!

Graffiti

The lovely April

 I bought a lovely wall hanging of the Chinese Zodiac at a little shop at the base of the Wall, then we went back in the coach to BNU, very cold but so happy to have seen one of the most incredible structures in the world.

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x

Christmas Day

 Hello!

 Here are some photos I took on Christmas day in China. It was a lovely day that I was able to spend with some truly amazing people and which I will never forget.

 You can read more about this unusual but brilliant Christmas in my blog post, "Christmas in Beijing."

 I hope you enjoyed the photos.

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x