Sorry I haven't had a chance to blog lately, the past few days have been hectic and I also didn't have much internet access. So where was I? Oh yes... The cold won. After 2 nights in our hostal room that hovered in the low 50's and the bathroom that was in the 40's, we accepted defeat and on Monday morning, Vinny scoured Expedia.com to find an alternative lodging option. He finds a 4 star hotel within walking distance of the Forbidden City for $45 USD a night. I was so excited when he told me about it I immediately started packing (at this point, I hadn't showered in 2 days and really just couldn't wait to shower). After bidding goodbye to the Lama Temple Hostal (don't get me wrong, it's a great hostal, maybe just in the summer when you don't need heat), we happily checked into the Capital Hotel.
Oh was it wonderful. We had a room on the 10th floor that you could see the Forbidden City from. As many of you know, I'm not much of a high maintenance type of girl but 4 stars is very nice compared to a hostal. The 2 yuan per minute to use the internet was not the greatest though (hence the lack of blog postings, I just couldn't afford to blog). So the moral of this blog as Vinny and I found out, we should have just booked the Capital in the first place but on the bright side, after freezing for 2 days, we really appreciated having heat, a warm shower, and a few extra amenities thrown in :)
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