So here we are in Beijing, home for the next 3-4 years. Met at the airport by the BC driver and whisked into Beijing. We're staying at a serviced apartment at Landmark Towers next to the office (Here's the view from our window). It's OK, a bit drab, but plenty of space and fine for the next few weeks. Feel a bit weird, tense, jetlagged, nervy... but to be expected I guess. Unpack a bit and then explore the facilities. There's a gym, small pool, an even smaller supermarket and numerous restaurants. We decide to eat Japanese. Strange to see people smoking at tables. But norimaki and udon tempura are good...
Monday, August 2, 2010
Beijing: arrival
So here we are in Beijing, home for the next 3-4 years. Met at the airport by the BC driver and whisked into Beijing. We're staying at a serviced apartment at Landmark Towers next to the office (Here's the view from our window). It's OK, a bit drab, but plenty of space and fine for the next few weeks. Feel a bit weird, tense, jetlagged, nervy... but to be expected I guess. Unpack a bit and then explore the facilities. There's a gym, small pool, an even smaller supermarket and numerous restaurants. We decide to eat Japanese. Strange to see people smoking at tables. But norimaki and udon tempura are good...
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Just off the 3rd Ring Road I see. Handy?
ReplyDeleteAnd not too far from Pure Lotus, which amongst other things, in Benjamin Zephaniah's favourite vegetarian restaurant in the world.
ReplyDelete3rd Ring Road is actually quite central. There's a 4th and a 5th and talk of a 6th!
ReplyDeleteWill have to check out Pure Lotus. BZ was in town a few months ago, when we were recce-ing in April I think.
goodluck there D.
ReplyDeleteActtually, the 6th ring road already exists! It's beyond the airport, the equivalent of London's M25.
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