Beihai park...

so today was the first day everyone in the program had free time to go out into the city...needless to say, I met tons of new people, all of whom are incredibly chill and down to explore Beijing.  Not only did we go to the most BEAUTIFUL park (Beihai Park- over a thousand years old!), we discovered an awesome -though somewhat touristy-path with a bunch of fun shops and bars....I also met these two girls, Angela and Holly, both from Cal.  We all clicked really well, so I have some official new friends! Yay!  Monday we begin our Chinese placement exams, so there probably won't be much debauchery to report on until after then...so for now, please enjoy these fantastic photos so you all can be INSANELY jealous...wish you were all here to excursion with me....

much love