It’s been a week now since I have arrived to Beijing from Switzerland and, as promised by many of you,  it does feel like landing on another planet. The size of the city, the many-floor-roads, the time it takes to get from one tourist spot to the other, the taxi drivers who do not take you where you ask them to take you (this deserves a separate post)…and many many more things that we are not used to🙂

To not loose track of another planet dimensions, I would like to share a few particularities from the first week. Here we go:

#1: The Flies trap bag

This is the bag that I noticed hanging in the street where our hotel is located. I got curious and approached the tree just to discover something rather surprising, slightly disturbing: a bag (almost) full of flies. Most of them were dead. Some of them were still moving. I have no idea what the bag is for: capturing the annoying flying creatures from the streets…or capturing delicious appetiser for someone’s dinner for one of the many restaurants near by?! The flies trap bag remains a mystery to be solved.

#2 Hair-dressing salon in the street

Just like that…in the middle of the big avenue (4 or 6 lines road just on the other side), you can open your hair-dressing salon. Why not?

#3 A boy with the red nails

Spotted in Summer palace, while walking around with a dear friend Charline. I’ve seen small girls before…but never small boys. I guess why not?

#4 Cement-fixed tree

From the series quick and dirty…there, fixed it🙂 This old tree in the park of the Summer palace was fixed, I guess. Limited resources? How long will the tree live? Why??

#5 Holy selfie

In the Forbidden city people go bananas while taking pictures. Even monks can’t help the urge of the selfie…

Stay tuned for more. I have a strong feeling Peculiar Things in Beijing will become a series…