My travelling experience with italki friends in Beijing Part One

I had a trip to Beijing to meet a friend that I got to know from italki.

I recently made a trip to Beijing to meet a friend from italki.

Although it's not the first time for me to meet someone I have only talked to online before, the whole experience was amazing. I was told by my friend that he was planning to come to visiting China because he was invited by one of his language exchange partners. As I happened to have a holiday around 1st May, I decided to come meet him in Beijing.

The first evening: I was supposed to meet him at the airport but then I was told that his flight was delayed. I had to get back to the hostel (hostel or hotel?) myself and waited until he came. We didn't talk much and just went to sleep.

On the first morning, we went to see the Palace museum and the Tiananmen Square. Everywhere we went, there were so many people. I kind of regretted a little bit that I decided to visit Beijing at such a bad timing time. In the afternoon, we went to see the Nan luo gu Alley and the bar street at Hou Sea. One thing that surprised me was that the local people there didn't like the commercialism of the residential area and they really hated it so much that their life has been bothered by so many visitors.

On the second day, we went to the Summer Palace. After that, we went to meet another language exchange partner at the restaurant. During the meal, we talked about many interesting stories about italki language exchange. I didn't anticipate that she would insist on paying the bill although how much we strongly disagreed. Later on, we went to an Alley and pre celebrated my friend's birthday. We just drank some beer and shared some personal stories. 

On the third day, the wind started hauling (howling?) at 5 am in the morning and I had a feeling that it would be a tough day for us to climb the Great Wall. and I was right. I brought a camera with me but it was not water proof. I had a hard time carrying my camera climbing the Great Wall on a rainy day and there were many times when I almost fell down. It did surprise me that I had to rest by lying against the wall after walking for a while.

On the last day, we went to see the campus (what campus?) and then we went to the airport together. The sad moment finally came when we had to say goodbye. I sort of felt that magical moment because the last time I visited my (a?) friend in Beijing, the metro station was the place where we met each other and said goodbye to each other. I feel that this journey is not an end but actually has opened a new way for me. I was not good at planning things myself but now I am getting used to it.