We were pretty tired from the previous two days, so we decided to be lazy and hang around the hotel. We didn't actually get up and moving until late in the afternoon.
Zach and I tried finding some hutongs on foot because we didn't want to take a rickshaw. Not only were we too cheap to do that, but we were really getting sick of the rickshaw drivers yelling "hello!" at us and following us around trying to get us to rent them. It happens about every block in Beijing. I think we did find a hutong, but it wasn't much to look at. W
e'll have to break down and take a rickshaw next time. On our way back, we wound up taking a sidestreet that lead off of Five Archways Street. We discovered the oldest silk market in Beijing, where I bought two yards of silk, and Zach spent 900 qui on having a silk jacket made for him. Then we stumbled upon a tea shop where a worker sat us down to sample some fine teas. Of course, even the cheap ones were expensive! I wonder what the 2000 qui tea tastes like... It must be like drinking liquid gold. I bought a cute tea set, three really good teas, and some realy good snacks to go with it. It's now my special occasion tea.
e'll have to break down and take a rickshaw next time. On our way back, we wound up taking a sidestreet that lead off of Five Archways Street. We discovered the oldest silk market in Beijing, where I bought two yards of silk, and Zach spent 900 qui on having a silk jacket made for him. Then we stumbled upon a tea shop where a worker sat us down to sample some fine teas. Of course, even the cheap ones were expensive! I wonder what the 2000 qui tea tastes like... It must be like drinking liquid gold. I bought a cute tea set, three really good teas, and some realy good snacks to go with it. It's now my special occasion tea. That night, we decided to try and find Pizza Hut, which we had been craving for some time. We headed down towards The Forbidden City, and randomly chose a direction to head in. We passed the Grand Hotel Beijing (affectionately deemed the Michael Phelps Hotel because we like to pretend thats where he stayed in Beijing), and Zach had the idea that we should go in and pretend to be patrons asking for directions. The concierge went above and beyond getting the directions for us. He drew us a map and called the Pizza Hut to make sure he was sending us to 
the right place. We easily found the Pizza Hut (with a quick stop at a DVD shop) and had scrumptious stuffed crust meat lovers (unfortunately for Zach, who had to break Kosher) pizza with drinks. The Pizza Hut happened to be located on the most western street in Beijing (Wangfujing), having a foreign language bookstore, Cartier's, Coach, Outback Steakhouse, and a bunch of other Western Shops. We stopped for some sorbet on the way home (16 qui for one tiny scoop!) and headed home.
the right place. We easily found the Pizza Hut (with a quick stop at a DVD shop) and had scrumptious stuffed crust meat lovers (unfortunately for Zach, who had to break Kosher) pizza with drinks. The Pizza Hut happened to be located on the most western street in Beijing (Wangfujing), having a foreign language bookstore, Cartier's, Coach, Outback Steakhouse, and a bunch of other Western Shops. We stopped for some sorbet on the way home (16 qui for one tiny scoop!) and headed home. 
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