(by Tom)
Took the bullet train to Tianjin and back today for the ride. Train speed peaked at 331 kilometers per hour (205 MPH) which absolutely rocks.
Tianjin is a village of 42 million on the coast, and the train made the jaunt in exactly 30 minutes from Beijing South station. The cars on the highway we paralleled seemed, as they say, to be standing still. The automated ticket machines even had an English setting, which made the journey even easier.
Beijing South Station
Suzanne’s Mandarin skills are impressive. She has been complimented for her pure Beijing enunciation, and has certainly been getting the job done. Once again proof that I married the right girl.
After returning from Tianjin, we took a cab to the Temple of Heaven. Lovely structures and park but the air pollution marred an otherwise beautiful day and stung all of our eyes.
Though Suzanne (in denial) rejects my analysis and asks that I not inform Lillia, I suspect the Temple of Heaven is actually a gigantic Mandarin hat, sitting atop a fearsome golem that sits quietly for now beneath the paving stones. China rising indeed.
We moved quickly through the exhibit.
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