Day: 239
With full intention to be completely over my jet lag, I rolled out of bed this morning to a breakfast of vegetable dumplings. The days intention was to see other sections of the city that I didn’t take in in my whirlwind tour yesterday morning (which is to say I didn’t see much).
I started in the direction of a couple of towers and was quickly distracted with the gardens that surrounded the Forbidden City. I wandered into a tulip show and spent the better part of the morning taking pictures of tulips and watching elderly Chinese do Tai Chi. After a couple more parks, lakes and crowded public areas, I was drifting off. I returned to my hostel for another nap, setting my alarm (on my new watch!) to be up in a few hours for some late afternoon pictures.
I really hope this is the last of the jet lag and I promise this will be the last day I bitch about it. After this I am just going back to calling myself a lazy S.O.B. I did meet an Aussie fellow who has slept the better part of 4 days, trying to get over his flight from New York.
I booked a tour to the Great Wall tomorrow, took a few walks and ate some dinner, finished with some beers and an early night. I think I am getting old…
