Photos from my trip

So, I know I have kept some of you waiting, but I finally got most of the photos up onto a website that I made. Thanks to Preston, other people can actually see it! Visit it here!

I am back.

Well, I'm back here in the USA. I already miss Beijing and the wonderful people there. School starts soon and I still have a ton of stuff to do...

I watched Horton Hears a Who on the airplane and well, that is it.

1,529 pictures need to be edited, put in a book, and a dvd along with a ton of movies.

Talk more later.

Eric
P.S. A persons a person, no matter how small.

Goodbye Beijing

It's been a wonderful 1 and a half months here in Beijing, China. But, as all good things must come to an end, so does this trip. I have some of the most fondest memories here, took about 1529 picutures, and also visited a ton of places.

I came here on June 29, via CA982. The first few weeks, were spent with my Grandmother, as my parents would come on July 25 because they only get 3 weeks of vacation. My grandmother and I, spent the first few weeks buying clothes, and curtains. We went out to dinner on a daily basis, often with my relatives, or her friends. We also went to Beihai Park to drive boats.

June 19 is a day I will never forget. The grand opening of the first Apple Store in China, the Sanlitun Apple Store. What a day that was; liveblogging from my iPhone, standing in line for almost 4 hours, and meeting some truely wonderful people there.

July 25 is the day my parents came. Once they came, we went to a lot of places as my grandmother is too old to travel too much around Beijing, which takes 3 hours to go from the North end to the South end. We started out by going to the Temple of Heaven, and Wangfujing Street, where the Olympic Flagship Store is. We also went to Chaoyang Park, where you can take a boat and go all around the park. Chaoyang Park is also the site of the Beach Volleyball competitions.

The next day, we went to Tianamen Square, and looked around. The Monday to follow, we went to Henan to visit relatives. That is really a true flavor of China. Beijing is all comercialized, but out in the Country, that is where you see true China.

1 week later, we were back in Beijing. After going to the National Center for the Performing Arts, I was able to go to an Opening Ceremony Rehersal. Though I thought the rehersal wasn't that impressive, the actual one was extremely good, except for the fact that some fireworks weren't real, and the little girl in the red dress was actually just mouthing the words as the song was prerecorded by someone else before hand.

After the games started, I went to see a tennis match, followed by soccer and athletics at the National Stadium. These final days have been spent busily packing, last minute preparations, setting up my grandaunt's mac and transferring 3+ gigabytes of photos to my iPod.

Once back in the USA, I will have to catch up on all the things I have missed, do my summer homework, and then create a photobook from the tons of photos I took in China.

CA981 is my flight number, you can track it from the Flight View website.

This is my last post in China. See you back in the states soon.

Beijing Botanical Gardens

Today I went to the Beijing Botanical Gardens and took about 200 pictures. I will upload them to my (Preston's) webpage as soon as I can.

Eric

Official Pictures Site

Ok. Here it is! After tons of hard work, Preston and I would like to unveil the official site for my China pictures. It is still a work in progress, but here it is!

Official Site

(Site is password protected for security reasons. For those who don't know it, please e-mail Me or Preston requesting a password. Or, use this Form.)

Opinions Please

I took this picture a few moments ago and I would like your opinions on it. Please comment.

Temporary Picture's Site

This site is temporary, until Preston gets MobileMe, this is the site.
Pictures

Hola From Beijing!

Hi everyone! This is my first post from Beijing, China! I am here for the 2008 Summer Olympics! Staying at my Grandmas house, which is only about 1 mile away from the olympics. Our flight (CA982) got humongo delayed so we had to wait about an hour. Luckily, the food is good, but McDonalds here for breakfast is expensive. I had to spend $4(US) for breakfast! ITS A SCANDAL. ITS AN OUTRAGE. Well, all is well, I am posting from my Grandma's friends house as we do not have DSL YET. It's coming tomorrow for me. 12 hour time difference from Beijing and CT. 14 hour time difference between here and Denver. I'll post my pictures from the journey here later.

Pictures From Preston's Visit

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