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

Beautiful Beijing

 Hello!

 After we had left the Forbidden City, Marvi, Sarah, April and I went for a walk through Beijing to find the subway station where we could catch a train to the Silk Market, our next destination. Wandering around the streets of Beijing, rather than the tourist spots, is a really nice experience, and I saw some interesting things.

The frozen river

The streets of Beijing

Some colourful flags

 We went to the Silk Market and I bought a few things such as a pretty fridge magnet with a dragon on it, and a blue silk dress. We then shared a pizza, which was really nice. 

 Then we caught a taxi back to Beijing Normal University, and on the way we had some beautiful views of skyscrapers and the CCTV building drenched in the Beijing sunset.

CCTV building

 It was a really enjoyable ride home, and the end of a really lovely day out, in which I made three wonderful friends - Sarah, April and Marvi. If you're reading this, you guys are amazing.

 Thanks for reading,

 Liz x

Exploring Beijing

 Hi!

 Here are some photos from the first Monday of Study China when a group of us decided to explore the area around Beijing Normal University. We discovered some incredible things and saw some amazing sights.

Bike with hand-warmers

These are really popular snacks; they consist of various types of caramelised fruit on skewers

World's cutest cake shop (Wedomé)

I bought one of these; it was delicious ♥

All the strawberries have smiley faces!

Très mignon

More happy strawberries

Exotic Chinese Oreos (they have so many different flavours in the supermarkets here)

 Thanks for reading! In the next blog post I will be sharing some photos of Beijing Normal University's beautiful campus.

 Until then,

 Liz x