I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.
My friends told us the taking the“hard 1 ”to Beijing would be really terrible.So we didn't know what to 2 .But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the 3 , which was relatively modern and 4 .During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked.It was not 5 at all.
It was morning when we arrived.We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much 6 .However, we had energy.First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the ticket seller 7 us that tickets would not be on 8 for another two days.We were a little worried about getting 9 , but we made up our minds to 10 for the hotel to put our bags down.After 11 our way past the“gypsy”taxi drivers that tried to 12 us 100 yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it 13 cost us 30 yuan to get 14 we had planned to go.When we reached the hotel, there was a 15 for airplane and train tickets.Somehow the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we 16 .The most important lesson about China I ever 17 is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much 18 .We were not able to get tickets, but the travel agents could.
While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of 19 , most of which were very 20 .It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place.There aren't any words to describe it.