Yi Jia Jia Ju

 One of the luxuries of living in the big city of Beijing, is IKEA ("yi jia jia ju" in Chinese). Since my friends and I were in the market for a few reasonably priced items to freshen up our apartments (and some IKEA snacks), we made the trip. The funny part was getting there through! At about 8pm, we subway-ed as far as we could and then stood in the rain for a good ten minutes waiting for a taxi to transport us the rest of the way. However, nobody would take us, so we started out blindly walking in the approximate direction. After a few blocks, Becca yells and points..."IKEAAAA". It was like seeing the promised land off in the distance. We still had a ways to walk, but we knew that even though soaking wet, we would indeed make it. We got there, made a b-line to the food, and then shopped in comfort. I just love going to IKEA and pretending that I live in those fabulously set up showrooms....but then comes the reality check and I say "Danielle, you don't NEED that...put it back". Anyway, we got our goods and got back home just as the clock struck 12am. I have to admit that I still have some comforts of home in China ;)