Ever been to Tian'anmen Square on China's National day?

...  I have. And there were a lot of Chinese people there. I guess taking the subway perhaps wasn't such a great idea - changing subway took over 30 minutes inside the station and no wonder - according to Wikipedia over 5 million people take the subway every day in Beijing, and I somehow have the feeling that today was a tiny bit more crowded than usual ...

Going to Tian'anmen = waiting.

... and there were so many people at Tian'anmen there was no way we would even set feet on the square itself, so we watched from a distance as thousands of people floated by

And then I went for a walk back to the subway station. I had eaten dinner with Wang Xiaojie and her family, and no taxi would take a laowai, but the little walk turned out to be a nice one, in spite of the insane amount of people.

... and nice buildings, so it really wasn't that bad after all

Back in the Subway station (or Hell, as I like to call it). I realized were all the Chinese people I never see around Haidian are - in the same carriage as myself today, of course.

... Oh, and the Chinese workforce have no safety net. Really, they don't. These window washers were hanging by ropes off a sky scraper.

Back home to the nicely painted man hole covers. Now time for a nap on the couch.

Eventful day. So much happened that I even forgot my newly purchased little Chinese flag at Xiao Wang's. Crap. I was so tired when I got home, I fell asleep on the couch. I usually do that in times of need, and I probably could've slept through the night if I didn't have to make ready for the world's most wonderful sister arriving tomorrow. God, I'm so looking forward to seeing her again! :D