Beijing Day 3: Officially Cooked. SOS!
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Is it doable to visit the National Museum in the morning and the Forbidden City in the afternoon?
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I'm planning to take the kids. My husband says he's worried about getting too tired.
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It's exhausting, so exhausting, and it's packed with people too.
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I'm also planning a four-day, three-night trip. Tomorrow, it's the flag-raising ceremony, the Forbidden City, and a museum. Just thinking about it makes me super stressed!
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That's intense! The Forbidden City and a museum all in one day. The queues at the National Museum are incredibly long.
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Where are you guys staying? I'm not sure which hotel to book.
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I'm staying at a Super 8 near Beijing South Railway Station, it's 280 RMB per night. It's pretty decent if you bring your own disposable bed linens, as the hotel ones don't feel very clean.
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I have flat feet. After power-walking around Universal Studios for two days, last night my feet hurt just touching the ground. I bought a basin and soaked them for an hour. Feeling a bit better today, so I'm back to power-walking at the Forbidden City.
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So envious! I still have another day at the Forbidden City tomorrow, and I can barely walk anymore.
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Attended the flag-raising at dawn, went straight into the Forbidden City afterwards, then the Old Summer Palace in the afternoon. I walked so much I felt like sparks were flying!
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That's incredible!
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Is it cold enough to wear a woolen coat, dear?
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30,000 steps every day for 5 days. The happiest moment each day was collapsing into bed.
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So true! The best part is finally lying in your own bed at home.
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It's true, every tourist visiting Beijing can't believe that exploring just one major attraction a day can be utterly exhausting. But when we Beijingers travel elsewhere, it's the opposite – everything seems so small and close. We can visit several places in a day and still have time left over, wondering where to go next!
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Just getting from the Summer Palace to Universal Studios feels like a journey in itself. Besides Beijing, only Shanxi province gives me that same feeling of vastness – you definitely need to self-drive there.
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Totally! I just took a walk around my neighborhood today and, oh my god, 13,000 steps already!
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This afternoon, after leaving Beihai Park, I had to walk endlessly through the hutongs to get to the subway station. They were so, so, so, so long! I was about to break down. There were no share bikes anywhere, and I was absolutely exhausted.