Cousin Orville
Inventor of Air Cooling
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2000
Beijing
During our Beijing stay the Chinese Congress was in session which is a special event. The plane landed on time (or ahead of schedule) which is apparently unheard of. The airport was practically empty. Security was tight though. These were all repeating themes of our time in Beijing due to the Congress. We ate at Duck de Chine. Now in 2014, our dinner in Beijing was mediocre and forgettable at best. And I mentioned so in my review. This time we ate at Duck de Chine which is one of the highest rated Peking Duck restaurants in the city. I thought the restaurant was very good, and a significant improvement from the previous restaurant. The experiences may have been mixed though in our group.
One thing that I think everyone would agree with is the Rosewood - what a fantastic hotel! The Peninsula Beijing we stayed at before had rather small rooms. All the money and attention went to the lobby. They are finishing up a refurb on the Peninsula and ABD will return there in 2018. The Peninsula was in a better location though. The Rosewood is in the business district. But it’s a lovely hotel and I am glad we stayed here at the Rosewood. We met up again for drinks in a proper, albeit very loud lounge.
The next morning was the Temple of Heaven. This was new for ABD compared to 2014. It’s beautiful and fun to see the retirees at play in the park. We had a great time and joined in the fun in a few spots.
The afternoon was at Tieneman Square and the Forbidden City. Tieneman was closed due to the Congress. Security was uncomfortably tight. We saw 2 women getting dragged away screaming. It was an experience. Having said that, what group sailed through security with zero problems? The Adventures by Disney Group. That’s who. The Paddle of Power works. There were many unhappy Chinese who watched us breeze though the multiple security points.
The Forbidden City was impressive. No way to describe the scale. It’s something that must be experienced.
I was excited the 9 Dragons Screen was open to view. It’s the first time this year ABD had been able to take visitors there. That was a nice treat!
It was wonderful, but I was excited to finish up the immense Forbidden City.
Time to relax before our epic dinner.
During our Beijing stay the Chinese Congress was in session which is a special event. The plane landed on time (or ahead of schedule) which is apparently unheard of. The airport was practically empty. Security was tight though. These were all repeating themes of our time in Beijing due to the Congress. We ate at Duck de Chine. Now in 2014, our dinner in Beijing was mediocre and forgettable at best. And I mentioned so in my review. This time we ate at Duck de Chine which is one of the highest rated Peking Duck restaurants in the city. I thought the restaurant was very good, and a significant improvement from the previous restaurant. The experiences may have been mixed though in our group.
One thing that I think everyone would agree with is the Rosewood - what a fantastic hotel! The Peninsula Beijing we stayed at before had rather small rooms. All the money and attention went to the lobby. They are finishing up a refurb on the Peninsula and ABD will return there in 2018. The Peninsula was in a better location though. The Rosewood is in the business district. But it’s a lovely hotel and I am glad we stayed here at the Rosewood. We met up again for drinks in a proper, albeit very loud lounge.
The next morning was the Temple of Heaven. This was new for ABD compared to 2014. It’s beautiful and fun to see the retirees at play in the park. We had a great time and joined in the fun in a few spots.
The afternoon was at Tieneman Square and the Forbidden City. Tieneman was closed due to the Congress. Security was uncomfortably tight. We saw 2 women getting dragged away screaming. It was an experience. Having said that, what group sailed through security with zero problems? The Adventures by Disney Group. That’s who. The Paddle of Power works. There were many unhappy Chinese who watched us breeze though the multiple security points.
The Forbidden City was impressive. No way to describe the scale. It’s something that must be experienced.
I was excited the 9 Dragons Screen was open to view. It’s the first time this year ABD had been able to take visitors there. That was a nice treat!
It was wonderful, but I was excited to finish up the immense Forbidden City.
Time to relax before our epic dinner.
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