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China so far has definitely lived up to the hype and the excitement we have felt for the last three years.
Beijing is an amazing city. My favorite place we have been so far has definitely been the Forbidden City. We first went through the Forbidden City on our first full day in Beijing, May 18. Our wonderful student guides took the ten of us from the South Gate at Tienanmen Square to the North Gate. The views of the ancient city were breathtaking. Many of us had never seen a human structure that large and expansive. Sean Williamson, Kurtis Frizzell and I were so impressed with the City that we went back on our own on our first free day, May 20. We explored the various areas and halls to the east and west of the main route through the City. We had no idea that there was so much we had not seen the first time through. The whole place was beautiful. It was a humbling experience to think that we were exploring an area that was a thousand years old and that was off-limits to almost all of the people of China at one point in time.
Today (Saturday, May 21) is our first day in class with Dr. Hua, should be fun!
— Eric Kiser, in the People's Republic of China
Beijing is an amazing city. My favorite place we have been so far has definitely been the Forbidden City. We first went through the Forbidden City on our first full day in Beijing, May 18. Our wonderful student guides took the ten of us from the South Gate at Tienanmen Square to the North Gate. The views of the ancient city were breathtaking. Many of us had never seen a human structure that large and expansive. Sean Williamson, Kurtis Frizzell and I were so impressed with the City that we went back on our own on our first free day, May 20. We explored the various areas and halls to the east and west of the main route through the City. We had no idea that there was so much we had not seen the first time through. The whole place was beautiful. It was a humbling experience to think that we were exploring an area that was a thousand years old and that was off-limits to almost all of the people of China at one point in time.
Today (Saturday, May 21) is our first day in class with Dr. Hua, should be fun!
— Eric Kiser, in the People's Republic of China