Samstag, 6. September 2008

Alles in Buddha - Beijing Acrobatics &Pedicab tour






Here in Beijing there's still "alles in buddha". My final countdown of days here has started, but that's just a reason to join even more activities than before and don't wonder if I am writing too much in the next two weeks and you can't follow anymore.

Yesterday night we went to the Acrobatics show at Beijing Chaoyang Theatre. A show with real parrots and astounding acrobats (some seem to have rubber bodies because they were so flexible). And if you ever wondered if it feels comfortable to sit on one bike with two persons, well, they managed to pack over twelve people on one small standard bike!

Today in the morning I went to a hairdresser's. I think I didn't tell you yet that hairdressers here tend to be different from Germany:In Germany hairdressers are usually neatly dressed perfectly styled women. In China hairdressers are young unconventional men with tattered jeans ('zerrissene Jeans') whose own hair style looks quite unconventional as well. But luckily they still manage to cut my hair quite okay.

"Aller guten Rikschas sind zwei". After that I met Agnes and her parents who are on visit those days and we joined a Houhai pedicab ('Rikscha') tour - with Chinese language explanations and just three persons on one pedicab (we're not as good yet as the real acrobats from yesterday's show). Quite relaxed and also our drivers had no hurry. We visited some 'siheyuan's', the typcial old Beijing hutong buildings (20 yuan each) and refused to visit a third one because they were quite similar (not only in the price) and damn crowded. In one of the siheyuans I also rang the 'good wishes will come true' bell. And now? 'Noch ist nicht aller Peking abend'.

@Mona: danke fuer die Inspiration fuer eines der Sprichwoerter. Warte nun auf deinen Teil :-).

1 Kommentar:

Anonym hat gesagt…

Alles in Buddha! Ich sehe, der Kreativitaet Katharina's sind keine Grenzen gesetzt :)
Dann muss ich aber wirklich mal nachholen, ich werd mir Muehe geben! :))