Beijing Bitchess

My room has 4 walls. They're great too.

Our family loves loves loves to travel...but not exactly the touristy things. For example, going to Beijing means food food food and shopping...well same for almost everywhere we go. Had to do the major attraction of course - the (not so) Great Wall. I guess we're just bad tourists but bloody hell that was a waste of time and energy. I think it's cool to read about, probably cool to look at from space, but seeing as how I'm not heading up to space anytime soon, really not that incredible. We thought we wasted an afternoon that would have been better spent in the city. We also did the street of bizarre foods that everyone goes to with the scorpions but mom wasn't keen on having me eat street food and honestly everyone says the locals don't eat most of that anyway, it's just a tourist attraction, so that was pretty so-so.

But, some of the cooler things...

• Gourmet Soy Sauce that costs (yes, this was the cheaper one), ready for it - Fifteen freaking hundred dollars (USD of course). There was a whole shop and they came in the most beautiful bottles! Sadly my parents weren't buying it..neither the sauce nor my not-so-persuasive arguments. Although mom agreed the bottles were totally worth it when you have that kind of money to spend on things like soy sauce. I would totally buy that some day.

AND ICE CREAM

I LOVE SORBETS

• The most incredible haagen dazs ice cream creations: you have to realize, my current country of residence doesn't have haagen dazs or baskin robbins or any of those lovely parlors. But these really were beautiful! I love ice cream and usually avoid it but just look at em...mmm.

• A strange food that essentially tasted just like beef in my opinion: Donkey meat 

Sorry, Eeyore

• The most disgusting-looking, out-there food that (dare I admit it?) actually tasted pretty damn good. It was so unappetizing in appearance I had to close my eyes for the first bite and couldn't eat much even though I liked the flavor cause I kept thinking of what it was...ready for it? Ready, ready? This may be one reason I am single forever but I told myself I'm going to try things...readdddyyy:

Fried Mealworms! I know, but they were crunchy and the flavor was subtle and amazing...

And finally, my two favorite people in Beijing: KICK ASS Asian Michael Jackson (who was doing this not for money so I think for fun..there was a camera and a dude but I still don't quite know why this was happening):

And and the thought provoking Constantly-Nodding-Without-Music Cab Driver.

Besides this there was the constant Peking Duck (HEAVENNNNNNN) and fresh fish (AAAAAH) and an absurd number of shoes. All in all, a fantastic first trip to china!