Since the Saturday we arrived on August 1st, we’ve been doing something special on each Saturday thereafter. This day offers the perfect time to escape and seek adventure in our new home–Beijing, China.
On the first Saturday, we met up with friends made while teaching in Caracas, Venezuela: Debbie Diaz and Jane Farrelly and Phil Clark with their little one Leo (Leo was born one week after Maria “Gigi” Louise.) We met for dumplings at this beautiful park that is actually 700+ years old! It was so pretty, and the kids had fun wondering around.
After a wonderful lunch on this ancient lake, we then went to another lake to test out the electric boats. I was on the fastest one with the V-Man!
After our excursion on this second lake, we went to the famous The Village at Sanlitun. It’s been highlighted for it’s contemporary architecture and savvy shops. It was pretty cool, and the “fake” market was right across the street. Gigi was able to jump into the fountain since it was so easy to get her a spare (or two) outfit.
These last few photos are random shots taken from the morning, but they were interesting enough to want to add them to this post. We started this Saturday out by visiting a HUGE market called the Dirt Market where people arrive and place their wares to sell right on the ground. There are stalls too. Oh, and guess where going back to this next Saturday? The Dirt Market!
So, that was our first Saturday here. We’ve had two more that I’ll be posting shortly. We definitely are enjoying our Saturdays; in fact the next one is only four days away!
My dad took us to the dirt market — it is fantastic!