I’m back! Our Beijing trip was a wonderful experience. Thanks to everyone who shared their advice on how to deal with the cold. Your tips were all very helpful! I layered a lot and discovered I could handle zero degree cold. Yeah! After the jump, I’m sharing some pictures from the trip. It will be quite lengthy so grab yourself a bag of chips before the show begins.
The shopping was excellent. I got the hang of haggling after awhile. If we had more time and more pocket money, I could’ve shopped another day. The sights were awesome and I feel really lucky to have seen the beautiful Beijing landmarks. The food was okay. It was very delicious, but honestly I think the Chinese food here in Manila tasted pretty much the same! The people were generally pleasant though I did encounter some rudeness. Tsk tsk.
Highlights of my trip were: Eating hot noodle soup and hard boiled egg at the Great Wall. Climbing the Great Wall. Getting lost in the city with friends and finding our way home with the help of a rare English speaking Chinese MBA student. Finally learning how to haggle. Drinking a Starbucks latte at the Forbidden City. Watching a panda scratch his butt on a tree trunk. Eating Peking Duck at the best place ever. Having my and H’s English and Chinese names carved on soft jade. Eating candied strawberries. Watching Prime with my roommates instead of going out drinking. Coming home.
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Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
Meeyagirl
March 13, 2007 at 10:54 am (17 years ago)the pics are great, toni! thanks for sharing them.
i’m glad you had a wonderful trip. 
Dr Emer
March 13, 2007 at 11:07 am (17 years ago)I am happy you enjoyed your China trip. Wishing you more travels in the future.
The food looks very delicious! I also like your friend’s gloves with the funny characters in them.
jojo
March 13, 2007 at 1:01 pm (17 years ago)very nice pics…haba na ng hair mo!!!
nagulat ako tapos na yung trip, and wondered why it was so short…but nevertheless, ang dami mo nagawa!!! jetsetter in the making!
Christianne
March 13, 2007 at 1:49 pm (17 years ago)Oo nga, ang ikli naman ng trip! Mukha ngang super enjoy ka. Will you be going back there soon with Husby? 😀
Toni
March 13, 2007 at 2:24 pm (17 years ago)Mabilis ba??! We stayed there for 4 days!! Okay na yun. Bitin ako sa shopping though.
justice
March 13, 2007 at 2:43 pm (17 years ago)hey toni,
sa susunod, SG naman ha?
fruityoaty
March 13, 2007 at 3:06 pm (17 years ago)Whoah, I’m envious! Great Wall of China… Starbucks latte at the Forbidden City… OK
petite
March 13, 2007 at 4:13 pm (17 years ago)looks like you had a fabulous trip, toni!
i love all the panda-themed stuff – panda overload, hehe!
karla
March 13, 2007 at 4:32 pm (17 years ago)wow!!! nice pictures toni!!!
galing! great wall of china!!
Linnor
March 13, 2007 at 5:26 pm (17 years ago)You didn’t mind the cold? Buti ka pa! Di ko kaya ang malamig. Hehehe…. But those lovely Beijing shots you took make me want to visit the place, probably when its not 0 degrees. 😀
jeanny
March 13, 2007 at 6:15 pm (17 years ago)hI sistah…
welcome back and its good you had fun there… Thanks for sharing the pic ha…you made me drool over those yummy spicy food 😀
rolly
March 13, 2007 at 8:46 pm (17 years ago)Ang sarap naman ng adventure nyo. Great pictures!
Junnie
March 13, 2007 at 9:16 pm (17 years ago)Ni hao! Toni and welcome back! Ohhh, i love the pictures! I think I browsed through them 3x last night. I love travel pics where all the subjects are enjoying..smiling even if its sub zero temps. Thanks too for the greeting card..time to look at the pics for the 4th time
rach
March 13, 2007 at 11:19 pm (17 years ago)Hello Toni! Welcome back! I’m glad you had a terrific time at Beijing. Thanks for sharing the photos of your trip. I enjoyed hovering over the photos too. I appreciate the little notes about the photos. That’s a cute panda souvenir. Nice that you had fun sight seeing and shopping.
Lette
March 13, 2007 at 11:41 pm (17 years ago)You looked great in your winter outfit. Thanks for sharing such great pics-haven’t been to China so it’s nice seeing Beijing through your pics. Am glad you enjoyed your trip (& the shopping!). Yup, you’re right–there’s still no place like home (with hubby!)…Have a great week.
Lissa
March 14, 2007 at 4:26 am (17 years ago)Saya naman!! At least you got to taste authentic Chinese cuisine. Nice pictures.
Rasa Malaysia
March 14, 2007 at 2:25 pm (17 years ago)I just came back from Beijing too…it was so cold and now I am sick like a dog. Food was good though…:)
Daphne
March 14, 2007 at 7:17 pm (17 years ago)Wow a Starbucks at the Forbidden City, who would have thought that capitalism would now thrive in China of all places. Well I guess that’s progress and it (China) is truly on its way (or maybe it is already there) to becoming a global economy to contend with.
Anyways great pictures Toni, glad you had a great time. I agree coming home is the best part of any trip!
eye
March 14, 2007 at 10:42 pm (17 years ago)wo hen hao toni! ang cute-cute ng panda, it’d be great to have a pet if only they weren’t a rare specie! congrats sa pag-conquer ng zero degrees, at least you didn’t have to adjust to the food. did you also ride the bikes?
rye
March 15, 2007 at 3:28 am (17 years ago)Love the pictures, kapatid! Especially the food.. nakakagutom nga lang!
denden
March 15, 2007 at 3:42 am (17 years ago)hi toni! nice pics. glad you had fun in beijing.
lady cess
March 15, 2007 at 8:02 am (17 years ago)wow, my hubby just got back from beijing too kasama niya ang mga officemates niya. baka nagkasalubong pa kayo dun
you went to pretty much the same places.
and i agree with you that the best part of the whole trip is coming home
JO
March 16, 2007 at 12:17 pm (17 years ago)Hi Toni,
great pics. thanks for sharing.
my first trip to great wall was with my 2 kids, then 1 and 4 years old! and we climb all the way to the tower at Si Ma Tai station. When we got to Badaling station, I didn’t have the energy to climb up again.
hope you were able to see the World Park too…
vina
March 21, 2007 at 11:48 am (17 years ago)haha! you survived!
iska
March 23, 2007 at 1:45 pm (17 years ago)OMG Toni! Why didn’t you tell me? Treat sana kita kahit one dinner….
we could have a pic together at the forbidden city….
waaah sayang!
But yes! Beijing is really nice, isn’t it?
Beijing haokan shi ma?