Apparently if Chinese parents want to scare their children they can just take them to a Taoist temple. Let me just say that this week was a little touch and go. I had been feeling a bit blue, but Friday turned it all around when my classmate Wang Hui and I decided to go to this really funky Taoist temple in the middle of the financial district. There were all sorts of fun statues and interestingly translated english captions to read. The picture above is from the department of torture, very exciting. Wang Hui has already been here for one semester so her spoken Chinese is good and she knows her way around Beijing.
After bumming around the temple for a few hours we decided to go get some pizza. Now for anyone who has ever tasted the Chinese take on pizza, it is something like ketchup on a pita. But the place we went to in HouHai (a very beautiful yet touristy district) was amazing. It was some of the best pizza I have had in or outside the states. I kind of just needed a little taste of western food, and it was nice to have Wang Hui to hang out with. She invited one of her Chinese friends and we had a really good time. My Chinese is definitely getting better.
Saturay was also pretty cool. I went with some girls from my hall to one of the art districts. It was fun and kischty, but mostly fun. Later that night we all had a field trip to the Sanwei tea house to hear some Chinese classical music. This by far tops my weekend experience, it was really amazing. The tea was good and the music was superb, and it gave me a chance to simply enjoy my experience quietly, something that just seems rare here. Besides, there was no gift shop or awful costuming involved.
So now it is Sunday around noonish and after this I will get started on my homework. I have a four hundred character essay to write, exciting.
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