Today was another great day in Beijing. I’m so tired today though…I think all the nights of getting like 4 hours of sleep or less is catching up with me. I was EXHAUSTED today and I’m like a walking zombie. Plus I’m sick so I’m definitely not feeling well. But today was a good day. We went to the Forbidden City this morning, but it was so ridiculously crowded and hot that me and my mom didn’t tolerate it that well. Joanna and her mom are more touristy, so they wanted to walk around everything and see all the historical significance of the entire place. So we split up and me and my mom walked through it really fast, then went to a mall that’s near our hotel. The mall is SUPER nice, it’s full of high-end shops like Burberry, Prada, Coach, etc and it’s like a MEGA MALL so there are TONS of stores. It was a major tourist area, so you can imagine how super commercialistic it was. It almost felt like being back home in America, in any given mall there. I bought a pair of shoes because my Converse were KILLING my feet. But they are SO cute (see picture), that I probably would’ve bought them even if my Converse weren’t killing my feet. Anyways, after that me and my mom went back to the hotel and just SAT. As boring as it sounds, it was SO refreshing. We sat in the hotel lobby, which was more like a lounge because they served drinks and had nice couches and tables. So we just SAT there for 2 hours. It was so nice though..the atmosphere was nice, and we were both so tired that it was nice to just sit down and rest for a while.
I realized that I haven’t just sat down and rested this whole trip. Like just sit in a chair and relax, with no intention of doing anything else. It was really refreshing. But sadly, school is starting again and I start my first day of language class tomorrow at 8am. I’m really excited to start the class, but I wish I had a week of break or something…this mad packed schedule has been so tiring, and it was nice to have a weekend of vacation in Beijing, but I feel like it wasn’t enough. I didn’t spend nearly as much time as I would’ve liked to at all the sights in Beijing but we didn’t really have a choice…there was just way too little time. And now I have to switch back into study mode!! Sigh.
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