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 fish restaurant

 Ni hao!

 On Thursday evening a large group of us went out for a meal at a fish restaurant. They served fish with a huge variety of different stuffings including noodles, chillies, mushrooms and more. I shared a fish with three friends and it was delicious.

 Before I show you the pictures from the restaurant, I want to share some photos I took earlier on of the gorgeous sunny morning from our terrace.

 Here are some pictures from the fish dinner.

Our starter, complete with simply enormous chillies!

Our fish!

 It was a really lovely evening. Thank you to Abi for inviting me along ♥

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x

A wintry day

 Hello!

 On our last Wednesday I took some photos around campus as the light was very beautiful. I also found some Azure-winged magpies and took their picture as I wanted to have some photos of these lovely birds that I saw so often on my trip.

Me in a mirror

Beautiful trees

The blue of the houses in this little square went so nicely with the golden leaves on the trees.

Poor bike

I think this is the sports centre

Beijing!

 You may recognise the first character above from Mahjong tiles, this is because it is "north." Beijing means "Northern Capital." Hence, Nanjing means "Southern Capital."

 As you can see from the pictures, it was a really nice day, and the magpies are so gorgeous.

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x

Christmas Eve

 Ni hao!

 I am going to share with you some photos I took on Christmas Eve. Today after our economics lecture in the tall building I decided to go to the very top floor and take photos of the sunset over Beijing. I found it very soothing and the views very beautiful.

 I then took some photos around the BNU campus, which looked really magical in the early evening light. I hope you like them.

 Firstly, this took me by surprise me whenever I went into Hollywood, a restaurant we liked. Is it Santa? Or a dragon? I'm not sure.

It is me!

 Next, the views from our economics classroom:

The view from the 22nd floor:

 Around BNU:

 It was certainly an unusual Christmas Eve, but one I found very enjoyable. It was a quiet, peaceful day in the middle of a busy trip.

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x