She loves it:
1. The vibe. It reminds her of New York and London.
2. The range of Chinese food. You get food from all over China here. (At all price points, I might add.)
3. The atmosphere. The air isn’t so bad. She spent two years in another Chinese city, never saw a sunrise.
4. The bike lanes. You can walk comfortably. In the Chinese city where she lived before there were no bike lanes and no bikes. Everyone had a motor scooter, which you were constantly dodging. (The bike lanes also make it easy to bike, I might add.)
5. The balance between international and Chinese. Shanghai is basically all international, you can get around without a word of Chinese. Poorer cities are all Chinese. Beijing isn’t the only city with a balance, it’s just done especially well here.
6. The people. Strangers are friendly, if you ask for directions, they’ll make sure you get there.
7. The vast amount of culture. The 798 art district, for example.
She doesn’t like the weather; it gets really cold in the winter and the air is very dry (bad for your skin).
Ha ha.. seems you have well understood about Americans as well as the speciality of Beijing… I have been to Beijing.. It’s an awesome place.. Very different lifestyle..!
The 7th, I think she meaned 798 art district.
I love the balance between international and Chinese, too. :>
thanks for the correction, Denshil.
Oh, I find that I make a mistake, too…
“meant”, right~?
I heard that there are a lot of shows or paties opened in 798 art district on weakend:> You can go and join in sometimes:>
right, “meant” not “meaned”. that’s a good idea about the parties, thanks.
I e-mailed you the official website of 798:>