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• After New Year

  04Mar
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  69 tons of firework debris were collected by all hard working sanitation workers here in Beijing on the FIRST day of the Chinese New Year. I wonder how much it was after the whole 15 days???

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• The air we breathe

  04Mar
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  According to “The Beijinger” China gets 69.4 % of its energy from coal…. no wonder the filter from our air purifiers looks like this after 6 months… quite a difference between the old and new filter…..it makes you wonder  what our lungs looks like after soon to be three years here ….But we have clean air indoors! at least !!!!!!!!

  Another report is that in January this year 65, 970 cars were sold in Beijing…..17 % more than this month last year….. No crisis here!

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• Trash or treasure ?

  04Mar
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  I read in this month´s “The Beijinger” about the garbage collectors in the different neighbourhodds here in Beijing. What seem to be most stable to collect is paper or cardboard that is sold for about 1 RMB per kilo. But in this business as in others the world financial crisis is noticeable and they are making less than before. Around 300 – 500 RMB a month on a good month….

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• Surviving winter

  03Feb
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  We have been to the fruit market ….. to survive the grey and cold days of Beijing winter…..this is one way to do it….. eat fruit… lots of fruit…. This is what our fruit plate looks like today!

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• Chinese New Year

  23Jan
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  Max class room was decorated with the symbols for the New Year; firecrackers, red lanterns and fish.The firecrackers and red colour is by legend said to scare off evil spirits. The fish is the symbol for good fortune. Only thing missing now is the dumplings……

  

  Chinese New Year is also a time of giving. This is the school Giving Tree that shows the red envelopes with donations. The children got to decorate their envelope and hang them in the tree. The school sends their donation to a small foster home in Beijing and this year they raised over 6000 Yuan.

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• Back in Beijing

  22Jan
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  It is high season for strawberries at the fruit market at the moment. To us it is a bit strange to eat strawberries in the middle of winter….. but they taste just as delicious!!!!

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• Yonghe gong

  24Nov
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  The area around the Lama temple and the Confucius temple is buzzing with life. Perfect place to buy incense….. and take photos of life in the hutongs.

   

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• Autumn at the Great Wall

  26Oct
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  Nature is showing off its beautiful colours along the Great Wall.

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• Max´s school

  09Oct
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  Play ground with slide and sand pit on the backside of the school

  

  The butterfly class has a nice terrace to play on as well

  

  Who is here today? Max and his class mates

  

  Max´cubby – you can see his favourite cap and crocs

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• Blue sky and sunsets

  09Oct
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• This city never sleeps

  09Oct
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  The traffic on 4th ring road goes on and on, day and night

  

  Still no attempt in saving electricity……

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• Panorama view

  09Oct
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   Micke had a creative moment ……

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• New surroundings

  09Oct
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  The street outside our house

  

  The new playground, one out of three

  

  Looking at IKEA

  

  4th ring road, busy as always

  

  The canal running next to our complex

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• Views from our windows

  09Oct
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   Looking south

  

  Looking north

  

  Looking west

  

  Looking east

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• Lotus pond

  04Aug
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  Took a walk the other day to the Lotus pond in Chao Yang Park.

  

  

  

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• Tokyo

  18Jul
  Categories: Mickes Travel Comments: 0

  

  On my way to Tokyo for a few days….

  

  View 1 from the hotel room

  

  View 2 from the hotel room

  

  Why eat sushi when they have T.G.I.F.??

  

  At Shinagawa station – a lot of people passing by every morning.

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• The different faces of Beijing

  16Jul
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  Part of Beijing skyline looking south. The TV tower and the new WTC Tower is standing out.

  

  TV tower close-up as it looked in mid March. The work has progressed a lot since then, but it is still not finished…

   
  Palm Springs a cold winter day.

  

  Part of Beijing skyline looking north over Chao Yang Park.

  

  Roof tops in Beijing.

  

  Hutong area close to 4th ring road.

  

  The hutong areas are getting fewer and fewer as the building of the “modern Beijing ” is progressing

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• Cars in Beijing

  12Jul
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  This is the only place in Beijing were you can find luxurious cars right now…

  There is a new policy that bans all government cars in Beijing right now ( to improve the air for the Olympic Games). The consequence is that we can’t see any BMW 760iL, Mercedes S500, S600 or Audi A8L, A6L on the roads right now….

  Can all of these cars be owned by the people of the Government??

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• Looking for a new apartment

  05Jul
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  Today we started the hunt for a new apartment here in Beijing. Why?? We are now 4 persons so our current apartment is getting too small and also – we would like to move to the Lido area… Lido is closer to Max new school and to my new office. If I have the time I might be able to take the bike to the office but that will most likely not happen…. I have too many good excuses…

  Apartments.. We looked at 5 different apartments today…

  

  This picture is from the first apartment… The layout was not so good and the kitchen counters were only 80 cm high…

  

  Max is trying out the floor – dirty….

  

  Second apartment… The layout was much better than the first one but look at the lamps… Another strange thing that Britt could not accept was that the kitchen counters blocked the kitchen door and in the bath room the shower door collided with the toilet… Strange arrangements….

  Now we are on the 27th floor in the 3rd apartment for the day. Very nice view but look at the windows and you might see how dirty they are.

  

  If you look at the floor you will see how dirty the apartment is. This must be one of the dirtiest apartments that I ever have seen

  

  We found it!!! Great apartment… It has 4 bedrooms and the size is 294 square meters. Good layout and a nice open kitchen. Also – the furniture are from the store were we planned to buy furniture for our new apartment -so that makes it even better. Lets see if we can get this one…

  

  After a very long day out looking at apartments Sam takes a nap on his daddy’s shoulder…

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• New blog site

  02Jul
  Categories: Admin Posts Comments: 0

  Welcome to our new blog site! Everything is not yet up and running but we are working on it…..

  Most pictures are still located at blogger.com…..

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