Beijing Ren Blog

LOL.  Probably setup as a joke from the beginning, but funny none the less.  Another good one is “Good good study, day day up”

Kasen is turning one today.  He looks happy!  We got a truffle cake to celebrate the occasion.

Many events happened this past year, many sad, a few good. One of the good thing that happend was the birth of Kasen. He is now close to 6 month old, and growing fast. His little hand and feet are just so fun to look at and play with.   Anyway, long time no update, so here are some pics of Kasen and Jensen.

Jensen just turned 4 years old.  He has been wanting to see the Golden Gate Bridge for a while.  So I took him there for his birthday.

Our hotel is called Radegast (伯豪瑞廷) .  It opened just before the Olympics, so it’s basically brand new.  So far so good, all the staff are very friendly and the facilities are first rate.  Some notable feature in the roomes are LCD TVs, one in the room as usual, but what’s unusual was that there is a 2nd one in the bath room. Very interesting. Another cool feature is the  motorized blind control.  Jensen got a kick out of that.  The location of the hotel is also great, in the Central Business District,  just east of the new CCTV station, and not to far to some good clean restaurants.

Outside view of Radegast Hotel:

Our room:

TV in bath room too:

View behind the hotel, the new CCTV building (aka 铁裤衩)

After a long flight, we finally touched down in the new Beijing airport.  It’s been six years since I have visited Beijing.  The very modern looking airport is just a prelude of what’s coming, that in the last few years, there has been a huge transformation of Beijing landscape in the making.  The most the notable one, of course, is the new Olympic Villiage.  In a word, it’s simply awsome, even more so in person than on TV.

In just a few days, we have already visited many places in Beijing.  Jensen does not understand the significance of any of these places, but he seem to enjoy himself none the less.  Nothing catches his attention better than the busy taxis and big buses.

Some of the places Jensen visited:

Qian3 Men2

Tian1 An1 Men2 square

Birds nest (National Stadium)