The Old and the New
Surprise Surprise, I get to visit Beijing for a while last week! Ha! Tiring because I was the tour guide for my family but it was worth it. A sort of brief nostalgic trip that depleted my energy.
I had to stop over to the newest huge mall around Chaoyang District. It was called the Village. It was literally a stone-throws away from Yashow (the buidling where we used to shop and haggle clothes in Beijing, one of our favorites because they sell overruns I like)
A hangout that I would have liked because if you get sick of the haggling, you can now visit the Village where branded stores like Uni qlo, Nike, Adidas, etc have huge stores inside. I also saw Hatsune branch at the top floor in one of the buildings.
On a sidenote:
I was searching for free WIFI around and lo and behold, I get to hangout in Starbucks in a while…walking nearby is the huge Apple shop! Yeah!
Cold Stone is another nice dessert hangout place which I will feature next time. Yummy!
The Village
Courtyard 19, Sanlitun Road, Sanlitun,
Gongti
June 8th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
hello. i really enjoy reading this since i’m planing a trip to Beijing
June 19th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
[...] my recent visit in Beijing, while we were food hopping somewhere in the VILLAGE, we saw a familiar sight. Actually I seem to remember the Cold rock (Australia’s [...]
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
very nice blog.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
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August 6th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
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