Beijing

Best travel reports from Beijing

All Along the Watchtower

China rushes past me again. I’m following the timetable for my connection from Shanghai to Beijing live. Highlighted in red it says 'delayed'. It means two minutes. Ridiculous. At...

Arrival in China

Finally back to China! Even though my last trip to China was only 8 months ago, I am looking forward to the Middle Kingdom again. However, the start is quite tedious because the...

ni hao beijing & shanghai

nachemne problemlose flug über soeul simer im riesige peking acho. ases nid ganz so suber und gordnet wird si wie in japan heimer gwüsst, s'gliche güut mit gsperrte sache im...

Weihnachten auf der Mauer

Mit Besuch aus Deutschland über die Weihnachtsfeiertag in Peking

Once by train through China!

After a few weeks in Shanghai, where we spent Christmas and New Year's Eve, we set off on January 3rd to explore China. The first city that Katharina wanted to visit was Suzhou....

Arrived in a new environment on Day 88

A bike tour through Beijing. Between crowded streets and crowds at the sights

Beijing - 北京

Dutch people, Dutch people everywhere... And not just in our compartment of the train that was heading towards China... The whole carriage was full of a group of Dutch tourists...

Another day another adventure, Beijing Day 4

Since our daily plans have always been quite packed so far and haven't always worked out as we wanted (except for the impromptu wine and tea drinking with the nice Chinese lady...

Peking/Beijing

January 22nd to January 31st, 2018. Beijing, the capital of China. After three weeks of preparation in other cities and slowly adapting to the temperature, I am finally in the...

Walk from Tiantan Park to Tian'anmen Square

Arriving in Beijing and acclimatizing

Weeks 9-10: Hiking, Visit from Germany, Happy Valley

Hiking on the Great Wall, Visit from Germany, Cultural Program, Amusement Park

Peking

On October 6th, we landed in Beijing late in the evening and stayed in the same hostel as four months ago. I already described the room in the last entry =)

Day 89 Sightseeing Part 2

More impressions of Chinese history

The first 2 weeks .....

1 year China, let's go, 25.8.19

Day 92 The great Wall

An incredibly impressive structure

China in 72 hours

What a gigantic structure!...the Great Wall of China

Beijing South

The Beijing South Railway Station is the largest train station in Beijing and one of the largest stations in Asia. It covers an area of 320,000 square meters and the 24...

Return flight - Beijing-Frankfurt-Berlin

To all readers: This blog also runs from the last to the first day of the trip. So the beginning of the tour is way down at the bottom :-) Saturday 27.01.18 The...

Hobart-Sydney-Peking

Hobart International Airport

Visit to the Great Wall of China

Through our hostel, we booked a tour to the Great Wall of China. For only 30€, we got transportation by bus, admission, and even a lunch. We were excited about our bargain, and...

Day 93 The Forbidden City

Simply too many people

Beijing in 1 week

The trip to Beijing was as unspectacular as it was difficult, but the food on the Russian airline Aeroflot was unexpectedly good and the planes were quite new. Upon arriving in...

Bejing and the Great Wall

After a short flight from Shanghai to Beijing, I arrived at our hotel with the help of complicated instructions, where I was warmly welcomed by my brother. We celebrated our...

3rd stop - Beijing

Beijing - Great Wall of China, Forbidden City

Week 13 to 14: Ming Tombs

Ming Tombs and Fragrant Hills / Autumn time

On the way to Beijing/ Peking

Hello everyone, Once again, I am sitting at the airport with not much to do. But today, I have pleasant company. Matthias has come from Germany to spend Christmas with me. We...