China 2007 Trip: 8/12/07

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Even More Beijing Pix

Hutong Tour

Hutong School

Wondering What The Curious Strangers Want

Tiananmen Square

Flying Kites in Tiananmen Square

Sunday, August 12, 2007

More Beijing Pix

Street Scene #1

Street Scene #2

Street Scene #3

Having Fun At The Huiling School

Getting Crafty At The Huiling School

Some Are Craftier Than Others...

2008 Olympic Stadium

Ellie's The Leader!

The Summer Palace

Summer Palace - Looking For The 10 Monkey Kings

View From Summer Palace

Beijing Pictures

Prepping the Peking Duck

Yum-Peking Duck!

Traffic, traffic, everywhere!

Forbidden City Under Construction-Getting Ready For 2008 Olympics

Kiara & Lizzy Paddle Boating in Beihai Park

Beihai Park

Grand View Garden - Lots of Stairs!

The Girls and Tony & David, our Guides, At Temple Of Heaven

Kiara & John At Temple Of Heaven

From The Recipe File: Yibin Burning Noodles

Yibin people have the habit of eating noodles in the morning, The varieties of condiments are legion, such as beef, pork intestines, three delicacies (a combination of delicacies), pork ribs, mushrooms, minced meat, etc, with the Yibin Burning Noodles as the most famous in Sichuan. Its original name was Xufu Burning noodles or Youtiao Noodles, which became the fashionable food in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty. Since then, it has become one of the traditional snacks of Yibin. A dish of authentic Yibin Burning Noodles requires the high-quality local noodles as the main part and Yibin pickled vegetable bud, sesame oil ground by small millstones, fresh pork oil, anise, peanut, walnut kernel, gold-like capsicum, seed powder of Chinese prickly ash of high quality, gourmet powder, fragrant green onion, tender pea leaves, spinach leaves etc. as the ingredient or dressings. The noodles should be put in a bowl without any water after being boiled for a certain period of time, and all the above-mentioned ingredients are scattered on the noodles and mixed. Then a bowl of oily, fragrant, spicy, tasty noodles is in front of you. Being unique in Sichuan , as the noodle contains so much oil but so little water that they can burn easily. Authentic Burning Noodles are available in almost every noodle restaurants in Yibin.

Yibin's Restaurant Of The Week

Jingsheng Big Teahouse
It is located in No.75, Beiqing Street, Yibin City. It occupies 5500 square meters of land. As the biggest first-class teahouse in Yibin, it provides multiple services for people such as dining, drinking, entertainment, communication, etc. Distinctive dishes: 1. Ox feet stewed in traditional Chinese pot 2.Ox tail stewed in traditional Chinese pot 3. Old duck stewed with wild plant 4. Duck stewed with pickles 5. Chicken stewed with ginkgo nut 6. Dove stomachs fried with wild pepper . 7. Duck wrapped in metal sheet. 8. Duck fried with wild peppers 9, Fragrant and crisp snails

Our Itinerary

July 14 Saturday: Depart USA from Logan Airport Boston, MA
July 15 Sunday: Arrive in Beijing
July 16 Monday: Explore Beijing on our own
July 17 Tuesday: OCDF Tour Dinner/Orientation Meeting
July 18 Wednesday: Tour Panjiayuan Market, Temple Of Heaven, & Forbidden City
July 19 Thursday: Drive By 2008 Olympic Sites, tour Summer Palace, and climb the Great Wall at Badaling
July 20 Friday: Fly kites in Tiananmen Square, visit Huiling crafts, Hutong tour, visit elementary school/day care, silk carpet weaving demonstration, overnight train to Xian
July 21 Saturday: Arrive in Xian and tour Muslim mosque, street market, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and visit Art Institute calligraphy class
July 22 Sunday: Jade carving workshop, Qin Emperor Qin Shi Huang Imax movie, Terra Cotta warriors
July 23 Monday: Fly to Chengdu and visit Silk Embroidery Institute and People's Park
July 24 Tuesday: Visit Panda Research Center and take bus to Yibin
July 25 Wednesday: Visit orphanage and sight seeing
July 26 Thursday: Longhis drive back to Chengdu and fly to Nanjing; O'Riley and Burns families explore Yibin with local guide
July 27 Friday: Longhis transfer to Yanghzhou and visit orphanage; O'Riley and Burns families visit Yibin school and other areas of interest, and transfer back to Chengdu
July 28 Saturday: Longhis tour Yanghzhou and transfer to Nanjing to take train station to Shanghai; O'Riley and Burns families fly from Chengdu to Shanghai and go sight seeing with tour guide
July 29 Sunday: Depart Shanghai and arrive in Boston USA

China 2007 Trip

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Even More Beijing Pix

Sunday, August 12, 2007

More Beijing Pix

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Great Wall

Cities in China

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From The Recipe File: Yibin Burning Noodles

Yibin's Restaurant Of The Week

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