The Beijing Bubble

Had a very nice evening this evening, I met up with Angela and two other girls who I only met today and we went and had manicures and pedicures, and a bit of girly pampering! It was really nice and is so great that it is so cheap in Beijing so we can just go without worrying about the cost. We went to Lily Nails in Sanlitun Soho, they did a really good job and it was 150 kuai for both! 

Then we went to try a different kind of chinese experience, hot pot! Hot pot is a style of Chinese restaurant, where the tables have holes in the middle where they put a big pot of broth type sauce which you then boil up and cook meat and vegetables and noodles in. It is traditionally spicy, but being the wimps that we are we went for the non-spicy version, and probably enjoyed it a lot more than if we had of got the spicy one! We went to one that is actually a chain but was recommended to me by a chinese colleague, called Haidilao HuoGou. We ordered all kinds of things, but one of the special things about this restaurant was the noodles. They hand pull them at your table and make it into a bit of a show! 

We all had a really nice evening, until it came to going home in the rain...

The free ponchos from the restaurant came in quite handy!!

Angela leaves on Saturday, so unless we manage to meet up tomorrow night when we are out, we said our goodbyes today! Its quite sad and seems weird to be saying goodbye, also reminds me that next week is my last week and then i'll be saying goodbye to everyone. We were saying its like we have been in a little Beijing bubble, where its not really real life its this bizarre adventure, and you're meeting so many different people and doing so many different things you don't realise, but as you come to the end you begin to realise wow, what an experience this has been, and actually how great it has been!

xx

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