In March I made a last minute decision and bought tickets to Louisiana to visit a friend for my spring break just two weeks later. I knew I needed to go somewhere warm for break, I was terribly depressed from the cold and dark my first winter in Boston. I thought it was a promising…
I was nervous about the food before heading to China. We heard not to drink the water and to even use bottled water when brushing out teeth, avoid street food, and that we would most likely get sick at some point during the trip. My friend even went to a Chinese restaurant in Nebraska, and…
Day two in Beijing we headed to Tiananmen Square and toured through the Forbidden City. Like with the Great Wall, I was blown away by the size and detail. It just seemed to continue on, and you couldn’t see the end because you walked through multiple sets of gates. Our tour guide for our entire…