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From Shanghai to Paradise to Beijing
[align=center][align=center]From Shanghai to Paradise to Beijing[/align][/align]I would like to remind the reader that this is the year of the Tiger, during my China Tours, which is a terribly Chinese animal and therefore good luck, though not as good as the year of the Pig, which is the best of all. As I mentioned many times, John and I headed North this Christmas to the center of the world, at least in China- which is the Middle Kingdom, and the only real country after all. (The word for China in Chinese is "Zhong Guo" which means literally "Middle Kingdom") Since Beijing Tours is the only real Chinese city we've visited in China other than Shanghai, John and I spent a great deal of time comparing the two cities, and this is what we decided. 1. Beijing is god-forsaken cold, while Shanghai is just sort of cold. 2. Travel to Beijing the air is mostly coal dust, car exuast, etc. while in Shanghai it is at least 55% oxygen. 3. Beijing feels more oppressive than Shanghai. 4. Beijing has lots of fun tourist stuff to do, while Shanghai has none at all. 5. Beijing is flatter and poorer, but has more personality. 6. The metro system in Beijing Hotels is cheaper, and more convenient, though way more crowded. 7. People in Beijing are nicer, but not that nice. The first few days after we took Beijing Flights here, we weren't even really in China at all. My mom generously gave us her Hilton points to let us stay at the Beijing Hilton for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and it was pure bliss. We probably left the hotel for a grand total of 2 hours the whole time, preferring instead to swim in the heated pool, sip free coffee in the top floor lounge, and watch Christmas movies on TV. Though we did slip out Christmas morning to attend mass at a nearby cathedral, which was packed with Chinese people and way more fun and heartwarming than I would have imagined. On Christmas Day we went to a lunch at the hotel- with a live jazz band, rooms and rooms of really expensive gourmet food, free champagne and cocktails, and a chocolate fountain. I missed my family terribly, of course, this being my first Christmas away from home.. but our stay at the Hilton was an acceptable alternative.
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