Beijing 

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March 22

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• Check into the hotel 

• A Peking duck feast with our friends from Ivy Gate (Jamie's Beijing-based SAT tutoring business)

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March 23: Great Wall, Summer Palace, Kong Fu in the Hutongs

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• Morning - Breakfast - Class - Daily Assignments

• Bus ride out to the Great Wall (non-touristy section)

  • 1 hour class on the Great Wall's history and lunch on top of a watchtower ​

• Afternoon - A nice afternoon walk around the old Summer Palace

  • Aman Hotel for tea​

• Evening - Dinner and Kong Fu in the Hutongs​​

  • Cooked by Jamie's friends - 3 generations of kong fu masters still living by the Bell Tower​

  • Majiang lessons in the local park

  • Dinner followed by evening Kong Fu class between the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower

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March 24: Tian'an'men, Forbidden City, Houhai

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• Morning - Breakfast - Class - Daily Assignments 

  • Walk through the hutongs to Tian'an Men Square

  • Tour the Forbidden City and climb JingShan

• Lunch - Mr. Shi's Dumplings (Jamie and Harry's favorite local dumpling spot!

• Afternoon - Class overlooking Hou Hai

  • Explore the Nanluoguxiang area - have tea in the courtyard of a Hutong restaurant​

• Dinner - Cooking class with The Hutong School

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March 25 - Beijing

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• Morning - Stroll one last time around the neighborhood

• Midday - High speed rail to Shanghai

• Mandarin lessons about Shanghai on the train!