HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Only two classes this morning, so had the afternoon off. Lots of The Sims, and a little bit of facebooking! I lead such an exciting life... haha Although, in the evening me and Sarah stumbled across a massive supermarket near our apartment that we'd never noticed before. That was definitely exciting!

HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Class in the morning, and at lunch we found a more scenic route back to the apartment from school. Not one for when we're in a rush, but it was following the resevoir round - very peaceful and all that. Went to Mini Food Street for dinner and on the walk home we came across a dance/singing show outside the International Conference Centre, so we watched that for a bit.

HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Back to school today, and it's Tuesday, which means only one class!

HUAIROU, Beijing Province: Had the day off today for a National Holiday: Mid-Autumn Festival, or more popularly known as 'Moon Day'! From what I can gather, and it's been an uphill struggle to find out anything - it's a festival to celebrate the end of the harvesting season, and Chinese people eat Moon Cake. I found a few different versions of the story behind Mid-Autumn festival, but this is my favourite: "Once upon a time, the Earth had ten Suns, which...

BEIJING CITY, Beijing Province: Got up early this morning and got the bus into Beijing City. Started at the Lama Temple - got there before closing this time round! The Lama Temple (Yonghegong) was actually really impressive - but very very crowded, lots of people giving thanks to the Gods and burning incense. The temple is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world (I've been doing my wiki research!), and in the Pavillion o...