San Li Tun - Lots of Fun.

Hello you lovely people you! I apologise in advance for the amount of blogs that I will be posting in the next 12 hours but so much has happened in the last couple of days!

Ok so I shall start where my last blog left off, I've now finished the first part of my mandarin and Chinese culture course. I really enjoyed the mandarin we did in class and I am looking forward to the final couple of lessons next week. In our last culture class we looked at Chinese characters and the calligraphy of writing them, I was less good at this but it was fun nonetheless.

Only half of the interns were taking the mandarin and culture classes, while the other half of the interns were completing their 2 day practical TEFL course; therefore it was only natural that there was a huge night out planned for when we finished the 2 days. Originally I wasn't planning on going out but when in Beijing do what the British do and DRINK. However with our first free day planned for the next day, I didn't want a big one. I avoided the beer this time because I managed to get hold of some vodka, a drink I am probably far too accustomed to. We all headed to San Li Tun Bar street (a street full of ex-pat bars and clubs), and when I say all I mean a good 70 people! Brad, Mark, Luke and I managed to flag a taxi and get there ok despite our inebriation which was lucky. It only cost 28 yuan for at least a 20 minute journey; that's about £2.80! We headed to an expat bar called Floor 1 and was greeted by a bar filled with a mix of westerners and Chinese. The drinks were cheap and the music was brilliant so a good night was had by all I think!

Brad and I

Luke and I

Sam & I

Matt (an Aussie) and I

Drinking water like a good boy. IT WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A BEER THOUGH!!!

Dorothy (Ireland), Kim (Wales) and I

Katherine and I went to go and find another bar at one point because Floor 1 had gotten ridiculously busy. We found some other places but none as good as where we were; having said that, we did find an off license that had seats to drink what you had bought... and these seats were swings!!!

I didn't drink too much out so I was near enough sober and more than ready to head back at about 1am, so I accompanied some lovely Irish lasses back to CAMIC, via McDonalds of course!!!