Beijing Day 3

Today was definitely the best day of the trip so far. We went to the Great Wall this morning, which was really beautiful because it was snowing. On the bus ride up we played 15 person liar’s poker with wilds, so bids got as high as 38, with 36 7’s winning one hand! After visiting the Wall, we went to a noodle place for lunch which was ridiculous—we had so much food and the Pi Jiu (beer) was only 3 RMB (approximately 50 cents). My favorite was the sweet and sour chicken, which tasted more like caramel corn than the American version.

After lunch we went to the Forbidden City, which was HUGE. Our tour guide told us there are over 8,000 rooms. We met a group of Penn students who were traveling the area after singing in Beijing a couple of days ago—they sang an a cappella version of a Radiohead song for us.

Our final stop of the day was a massage parlor—the whole group got foot and head massages for about 200 RMB. They were very relaxing, and after taking a quick dip in the pool in the hotel we went to Suzy’s Club, which is one of the newer clubs in Beijing where a bunch of ex pats go to party.