Bike ride in the afternoon

Took a break from studying 古汉 this afternoon and took off on a spontaneous bike ride on a magnificent day! Seriously--talk about SPRING! I'm just hoping to take advantage of this weather before it starts getting super hot and smoggy.

Also, something to note is that Beijing, for a huge metropolitan does a great job at greening the city (surprise!). Along the bike route I went on today, the entire canal was lined by parks and green space for people from the local residential community to enjoy. Every park (and I will even go as far as saying public space) in China, no matter how small, is utilized to the fullest extent. Parks are especially vibrant places with lots of elderly folks doing their thang like its nobody's biz.

Also found a wall of graffiti. It goes from government sponsored (probably) content celebrating China's 60th "new China" anniversary to just some guy who decided to paint all over the original artwork with content I would expect to find under a bridge in LA.


1) "Loving Beijing Together"


2) Still government sponsored


3) Obviously painted over by a vandal


4) Wall of non-government sponsored content