National Day Natterings

Got Tickets

So, I got tickets after all.  This morning, I went to the Bus station (a small bus station down the road from Baoli and  Kitty Corner from the main train and bus station complex.  With the wife on the phone to help me, I was able to get tickets to go to Beixing tomorrow.  The bus leaves at 930 in the morning.

Why, I couldn't get tickets yesterday will have be attributed to my brutal Chinese skills.

Military Parade

I am watching Chinese television this morning  -- something I don't often do.  I am tuned to the big ceremony taking place at Tiananmen Square.  I have just seen Hu Jintao review troops from a black limousine.