Not in Shanghai Anymore

We’ve quickly realized that Beijing is not Shanghai.  So far, we’ve spotted very few western signs in this capital city.  Shanghai had many English signs and more western faces on the streets.  We haven’t see much of that so far. Our hotel is located in the Haidian district of northwest Beijing.  There are several universities in the vicinity—Beijing University, Tsinghua University and Beijing Institute of Technology.  Our bus trip from the Beijing Railway station took us past Tiananmen Square were some of us snapped photos of the Gate to the Forbidden City.