Travelog for: Slowly-Slowly

Aha, did you see that?
I saw magnolias are ready to bloom. Spring is coming.

There you go..another dragon I found today.
I reckon this kind of dragon decoration indicates that Emperors always came here long time ago.

Left the Tanzhe Temple we decided to go hiking in the mountains.
I admit I'm a bit slow...don't be too fast my friends!

Hi Emjay,
I finally met these turtles.
Remember you told me my new host Mia's mum is a big turtle fan. Haha sure she is, and she likes me very much too.
Turtles are shy, I guess It will take me a while to start our conversation. Better begin with eye-contact..
All the best
Your Slowly

Hi my friends,
Today I met Cherry Lola. She travelled long way even has been to my home.
Rocky Raccoon also arrived today! He is a raccoon from Switzerland. He's been to Italy, that's really cool! Wish I could go to Italy someday.

This is Cherry Lola. A girl who loves 60s' British rock music.
She has punk hair but she is a very sweet girl, very romantic.
Look, we could watch fish swim all day long.

Here are some photos I took on Qianmen Street. 
It's not far from Tiananmen Square.
People come here to buy souvenirs, clothes, jewelry.
On this street you can find most of Beijing food you've heard.
Like Beijing Duck, Beijing Noodles...and all kinds of snacks!
I'm really glad to meet Simão IV today!
He showed us around the street.

Just right beside the Qianmen Street, there is a narrow street called Zhubaoshi.

Heading to the west, we passed through a hutong called Langfangsantiao.
I saw a big menu and a fancy moped.

This is a group photo we took in front of the Daoxiangcun shop.

The buildings on the photos below are Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and Zhengyangmen.
And I saw a group of security guard.

When we were waiting for the traffic lights, I saw the Railway Museum. 
Sounds interesting, maybe I could go visit there next time.

We were cycling on the road beside Tiananmen Square.
Hello again Chairman Mao Memorial Hall..
hmm and the Great Hall of the People, the square.

Here is the National Museum.
Hmmm..I just stayed for a little while, didn't go inside.
You can't imagine how many people were waiting to get inside the museum.
I saw a long queue after I turned right on Changan Ave.

Today we rode bike along the Changan Ave.
There are some important buildings on this avenue.
1. CCTV building, the Spring Festival Gala was held in there.
2. Military Museum
3. The Capital Museum
....Fuxingmen............
4. The People's Bank of China, they print RMB
5. A building about telephone
6. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
7. Another bank
8. Xidan, a shopping area
9. Beijing Books Building, Mia always went there with friends and she can stay there all day when she was a little girl.
10. A building about telegram
11. Zhongnanhai, the President of China lives there.
12. National Center for the Performing Arts
13. Just passed by the Tiananmen Square
14. Wangfujing, another shopping area.

Our route was from west to east about 8km in total. 
If you take subway line 1, it starts at Military Museum Station and ends at Wangfujing Station.