Beijing Day 1

Arrived safe and sound in the capital of China, Beijing.  Jozy (my director) picked me up from the airport without a glitch and took me to my apartment. The apartment is quite nice; it is a 3 bedroom, two bathroom with a washer and air conditioning.  I am 17 E and this building is great, but older. It was definitely built in the 80s and unfortunately for me I just locked myself inside.  There are two doors for every apartment; the inside door is like a normal solid wood door that you would stereotypically find in the U.S. The outside door, however, is a large metal door that resembles a service door or something that does not look like an apartment door.  I just unlocked the inside door without a problem, and then I manually turned the lock of the knob so that the knob would turn on the second door. I turned the knob and pushed on the door, but it still appeared to be locked. So I got my key out and when I tried to turn it, it broke in the lock. So I am officially locked inside my new apartment, very hungry and a little worried about how I am going to get out.  Other than that I do not have much to say about Beijing seeing that I haven’t really experienced it yet.  It has a lot of apartment buildings, new and old, that sort of remind me of Toronto apartment buildings for some reason.  The architecture is new and innovative, and speaking of Toronto, there is a building outside of my bedroom window that resembles the CN tower.  According to Jozy it is also a radio tower, and if you have the money you can go up and eat in the rotating restaurant.  Thus far, I am impressed with Beijing.  You stereotypically hear that it is dirty and not very aesthetically pleasing, but I have to say that it looks pretty nice.  There are a lot of plants that line the highways and so far it just reminds me of a big city like Toronto or New York.  Now I just have to figure out how to get out of my apartment so I can truly experience the city! Until next time.  J