798 Art Zone

Saturday, January 3
Only 2 more days before we would head back to school, so we wanted find something to do Saturday. On the Beijing City Weekend website we found two exhibits at the Paris Beijing Photo Gallery at 798 Art Zone. It was a relatively warm day (relative to Minnesota that is), so we put on our leggings (in Dave's case that's longjohns), bundled up well, and started walking. Dave asked me to predict how long it would take to get there. I said half and hour, forgetting that was how long it took me to walk from 798 to Lido which is nearly a half hour walk from here. It took almost an hour. That was one very interesting hour as the streets were filled with people celebrating the New Year weekend too and enjoying the time off. I took this picture of the Chinese warrior with his red flag just as we were about to catch a cab to come back home.
Picture taken through store window. There were between 30-40 of these clay scultures seated in the window. I was able to avoid catching any reflections by stepping to the side and waiting for all the people to leave the scene. I think they are wonderful the way each child has his/her own personality. Last year I was able to photograph the Comrades' Choir at the same shop...probably not its name, but that's what I call it.

This is the 798 Cafe. I don't know anything about the food here, but I have eaten 3 times at the cafe next to it, and the food at that place is the best we've had in Beijing (that is if you don't count the dim sum at the Grand Hyatt Royale Court).