37 Degrees

Today is the hottest day I have witnessed in a long time. It was 37 degrees today and the weather channel says it 'feels like' 39 degrees. Basically you really want to melt. Nonetheless I took advantage of this nice weather. A group of us decided to go downtown and explore a little, go for a walk and look at the embassy district. The embassy district is really neat. As you walk down the road every building is the embassy of another country. We walked by the embassies for Morocco, Qatar, Germany, Canada, Australia. We found the German Embassy and also the Canadian Embassy. Though I didn't bring my passport I was still let onto the property (I had my student card that says my nationality on it). However when I got to the building the people at the desk were confused as to why I was there and told me to leave. *lol* I suppose I didn't really have a reason for going anyway, I also did not have my passport. It was still fun to be on German property and let into the gates with the Chinese guard at the front.
After walking around for what felt like days due to the heat, we made our way to a museum. I decided to go back to the hotel with a few people so I could get some rest, study and do computer stuff. I've uploaded more pictures. We went out to eat at a delicious restaurant last night where they have tasty chicken sticks. From there we went back to the hotel and then went out to a club in Wudaokou (a district here in Beijing).
I have also added two videos to my YouTube account. These are from the day we went to the Great Wall.
On Monday we have our first exam and it covers 4 chapters in our books. Back at McGill we usually took one to two weeks to study one chapter. But I feel that I will do well. I will spend some time today reviewing for the test.
I haven't mentioned yet that last Monday evening I went to a really fancy restaurant to eat Beijing Duck. My roommate has a friend that moved to Beijing a while ago and knows his way around. He brought a group of us to this restaurant and it was incredibly delicious. The Beijing Duck even came with a certificate :D The buildings around the restaurant were nicely lit up at night. Today's picture is of a fountain over there.