Breastfeeding In Islamic Perspectives

Beijing - Shanghai - Luoyang - Beijing

Hi everybody,

yes ... the The end is approaching. I have already sorted my paperwork and got the first round closet cleaned out. But it really seems to be not less ... tomorrow / day after tomorrow is then packed the rest on Monday and walk test (NEM lunch with Jörg) go home.
order again this semester auzuschließen born I would now report in more of the past few days: EXPO-trip and photo shoot (in this case small at first, the Expo trip).

Our EXPO Trip was with 8 people and 2 - scheduled June 6. Liu Bo, our class president, organized the trip because We started from very many people. But that's it then but do not stop ...
The Odyssey has already started buying tickets: As the flights were too expensive, we have decided to take us by train. Beijing - Shanghai, about 14 hours, so we wanted to take the overnight train with couchette. Only bad luck that the beds have all booked up and get in nothing but the timber class cards were (and also only about relationships!). Consequently, only Dipak and I traveled to Shanghai, because we both leave here first. And we are not of 2-6. but down from 3 (For presentation at the 2nd) to 5 (Because we have made on the way back visit NEN).

Hm .. how do I describe the hard-Seater best? Imagine you are sitting in one of the veeeery old trains. With green upholstery. And now you think off the springs in upholstery and extra leg room and take off again a few inches from the seat, so sit 3 people in 2 places. Then another 100 people to add (what we know from the Christmas holiday) and then you have just about the timber class here in China. Over short distances can withstand the real. But 14h in the night, when you move an inch can be really tough. I'll tell you, I felt something hurt by the butt!

Anyway, we are against 11 am in Shanghai arrived (we had expected 8am ...). Tickets for Saturday and Sunday now looking lunches and hotel. Fortunately the latter was somewhat favorable (for Expo-hours) and clean. After the ordeal we have then made it a nap and went to Starbucks drink after comfortable with your coffee. That was really good :-)

counter 17h, we then enter the (surprisingly empty) halls of the Expo. It was then quickly full when we genärt the actual pavilion - the word comes from the Middle! - Have. After some walking around in the Middle-East / West Asia we quickly realized that there are only two options: View pending or "uninteresting" countries. We then opted for a mixture: it went only to countries without a snake (Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia ...) and then we queued for about 1.5 hours of Kazakhstan (which was worth well ). When we came back out from Kazakhstan (so to 20pm), it was then already much, much emptier. So we have a speed tour pulled through so that we had visited 15 countries at the end of the day. Half-starved, we have then begged in Papa Jones' Pizza Eating - namely, the kitchen was already closed and was only We heated up again :-)

The next morning, we're very cozy in a super super sweet coffee (adjacent to a park , a temple and the shopping area) had breakfast. Against 10.30am we were on derExpo. At first everything was as usual - until we met the crowds! I'll tell you, Christmas shopping in the big city was NOTHING about it! We wanted that day actually run the left side of the Expo. But was after 10min We understand that we are in the real attractions (eg England, Germany, Arabia, ...) is not pure.

So we have looked at the smaller pavilions and warn as in Africa (where one already could not move fast). Dipak and I have parted to Africa to behold at different things. While he is in Egypt so I've looked at Germany, Switzerland and the UK. At first I thought "oh, yes, the snake moves pretty fast." I voted positive therefore the end of the German snake wanted ... and searched ... and searched ... and ... After about 10 minutes walking around the outside also found. Waiting time: 6 hours! Unfortunately it looked in the other pavilions are not better, so it was only a walk around them. I was somewhat annoyed by the crowd but then (of course if you get a few elbows in the ribs and umbrellas on the head). To lift the mood again (and because it was abnormally hot) I decided to buy an ice cream ... that was a mistake ... Ice was in fact sold out, what has drawn my mood a little deeper.

Dipak had a bit more luck - he has bequatscht the bouncer and could actually run it from the queue of Egypt over! And just as we are then also made with India, we walked to the back entrance / exit and since then has Dipak told the bouncer that he is from India and we only want to eat Indian fast (we have then made).
(especially the dessert was awesome!) After a delicious meal. Next they were in a rush to the subway to the train station. With a lot of running around, we have also just so exhausted on the train - phew!

And so begins the second part of this journey. To 17h we left Shanghai LuoYang direction - back in the timber class. For those who do not Luoyang look on the map: it is the height of her somewhere between Shanghai and Beijing, however, about 800km inland, ie, in the province of Henan. The next largest city of Zhengzhou and then there is nothing long. In case anyone is still trying to Google the reason clear why we are there out: Buddist Felsenhölen, Shaolin monastery and breathtaking nature reserves Luoyang surrounded on all sides. Dipak - a very big fan of Shaolin Kung Fu - was therefore not out recently and I have aligned myself (had nothing else to do so). According to the nice woman at the ticket office in Shanghai "is the train at 5 am and arrives at 10am. If we had just asked what she thinks 10am ...

I said, we are again driven class seats. This has cost about 150RMB and for the few hours that is then sustain it. At about 21.30 we ask our passengers (all of them Chinese, and even in appearance rather less confidence) when we arrived. They have then looked at us funny - the train has just returned from Nanjing went out - and told us that we drive some 12-hour ............... ... .... .... Dipak is total panic now and then I laughed ... Again a night at the Hard-seater. Like my grandma says he who goes on a journey that has to tell.

We then compared to 10.30 in Luoyang, still in the sweaty clothes from the Expo and quite hungry, because we obviously had no snacks here and therefore only water and peanuts on the trip were (do not combine The stomach ache is !!!). Dipak had meant that the pregnant woman who sat opposite me at some point in the night really bad right now is - that I slept happily.
In Luoyang Once we first want to buy tickets for the return trip to Beijing, and then at dinner and then drive to the Shaolin Monastery (the cave we had ticked off because of the long trip already). Too bad that there were no seats - not even in the timber class! Well, that I've read on the journey to the Lonely Planet (we should have done this before!) And we did so that there are sleep coaches to Beijing. On the coach we then learn that a ticket costs 250RMB (more expensive than our ticket from Beijing to Shanghai!) - After negotiations with the bus driver were then 150RMB (which conveniently Sun That we have not been married to him). The decision was then So, at first waiting to go to the Shaolin monastery and again this evening to look for tickets.

My plan would have been: toilet - Food - Bus. Dipak but decided Bus - the toilet - because they were eating only about 1 hour drive, yes. Well ... how it's going in life but then it was 2hours trip (since we had a super super slow bus). I think I never had soooo much to the toilet!
The relief was great then, when we finally finally finally found a toilet, we move there and teeth could clean the house. Next, food was on the plan. According to the signs were there somewhere a restaurant - but the signs were old and so there was obviously none. We then had with (tasty but overpriced) peanut biscuits and water to be satisfied - I could only laugh. The ticket prices had not washed: 50RMB for the bus, 100RMB for the ticket, 20RMB for a type of taxi (we had to take because we had only about 3h time to visit), 60RMB for the cable car to high monastery. Overall, this trip has so far cost the same as our train ticket to Shanghai from Beijing - Even the Expo was off!

Unfortunately, it was on this day was also quite hazy, so we have noticed from the panoramic views but little ... All in all, I must confess that I was pretty grumpy on the day, but it was a great experience (although very expensive and very touristy and way too short). Anyway, we had
luck again - when going out we saw a woman who has offered places on a bus to Luoyang - for only 30RMB. We have also taken sofot and then were back in thanks luxury bus in no time in Luoyang.

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When getting off the bus and spoke to us then the next woman, and our demand for 180RMB cards in the overnight bus to Beijing. Since we were a little suspicious (and necessarily had to eat something right again) their companion has brought us to a fast food restaurant: tray in hand - in search of street food was (I think we were there the first non-Chinese ) - back to the bus. How has it made, but it was the same bus. The good man this morning (which would have given us the tickets cheaper) was then also not enthusiastic, that we have the tickets (for more expensive) purchased by his colleagues and Dipak has been seriously worried about our well-being (as I was completely relaxed). Having but a little gossip with them and mentioned quite casually that we are from Tsinghua University, were all far more friendly * laugh *

on the night bus I do not write much now . It was small, smelled and was rumbled, super slow - and in contrast to the timber class in the train just heavenly!
Unfortunately we then arrived in Beijing held at 6 am until about 7.30am, and thus fully in the Morning traffic went. Since there is no public transport at the bus station were we actually have 30 minutes looking for a taxi (most of us have refused to drive in traffic). Then again, it has lasted 30 minutes until we were on the right track / road. Instead of 20 minutes the taxi was then 2hours - I have so much in Beijing rarely paid for a taxi. Much worse was the fact that we missed the warm water ...
But what we did expect at such a chaotic spree ;-)