I tried to put up some of the photos from the first day, but it was too big to send... so I just wanted to put up the view from our apartment window to see if at least one picture will work. I took a superfluous amount of photos at the Great Wall, but I might just have to limit myself to one for now. :/
That was a somewhat cloudy morning, I think, so the pollution only looks SLIGHTLY worse than it actually is. It's pretty bad, though. It hasn't bothered me a whole lot thus far because Seattle is so often overcast, but we've found that it gets pretty hot and humid here in Beijing. It can also rain pretty hard, which Ellyn and I found out the hard way. :)
Also in this picture you can see an intersection. I should take a picture of an intersection that's right in the middle of the city, because it's just ASTOUNDING how skilled these drivers are at not hitting each other/pedestrians. And the pedestrians kind of just walk nonchalantly across the street. Whenever they want to. For cars, red lights are pretty much optional though they are often acknowledged for a little while. If no one's coming, or if they won't hit you if you go, it's totally your turn. It's pretty cool/exciting/dangerous.
Okay, gotta type up the Great Wall stuff.
Zai jian (bye)
Sarah
That was a somewhat cloudy morning, I think, so the pollution only looks SLIGHTLY worse than it actually is. It's pretty bad, though. It hasn't bothered me a whole lot thus far because Seattle is so often overcast, but we've found that it gets pretty hot and humid here in Beijing. It can also rain pretty hard, which Ellyn and I found out the hard way. :)
Also in this picture you can see an intersection. I should take a picture of an intersection that's right in the middle of the city, because it's just ASTOUNDING how skilled these drivers are at not hitting each other/pedestrians. And the pedestrians kind of just walk nonchalantly across the street. Whenever they want to. For cars, red lights are pretty much optional though they are often acknowledged for a little while. If no one's coming, or if they won't hit you if you go, it's totally your turn. It's pretty cool/exciting/dangerous.
Okay, gotta type up the Great Wall stuff.
Zai jian (bye)
Sarah
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