Weekends are always great for taking a break from the stress of work. But the weekend in the comfortable season, when the hot summer sun and the cold northern air come in, is better than those lonely winter weekends of the winter period! After getting warmer at the beginning of April, the temperature started increasing, and in May, the temperature touched around 30 degrees some days while the average was around 25 degrees centigrade. Now, the temperature has crossed the 30-degree range, with much longer days, up to 7:30/8:00 pm. So, I am trying to utilize my each weekend to do some outdoor activities or visit some places to explore something new.
There are so many things to do, so many places to explore, and so many activities to make my body fit, and so I see new leaves and flowers on trees around the areas I go to visit. The colorful flowers on the trees do make the season more beautiful. Nature is filling up the emptiness of the winter without the green leaves and flowers that are seen everywhere nowadays. The visibility is good enough for long-distance view but often it becomes unhealthy, and the air quality is better than in the winter. And now it is the best time to go to beautiful places where leisure time can be spent properly.
As a travel-loving person, I always try to find new places to visit, and thus I came to know about the 798 art district area of the Beijing city. And I had a long plan to explore the area. Today was the day! I was finally going to visit the 798 Art District, which is in the middle of Beijingcity area, slightly eastern-nortehrn area of the Beijing. After taking my launch from my institute canteen, at 12:45 p.m., I was already waiting for the bus at the crowds feeling bored and getting late. It started the long waiting time, then my trip starts but this was just the beginning of a day full of surprises.
All the surprises were with the excessive waiting time for the traffic during my travel as I need to change the bus twice inside the city area. And the collenge entrance exam make the situation worse in mnay parts of the city today. So, I needed to shorten my whole trip today though the shortening would be the same if the situation was normal as my interest was not so high for the arts.
I feel more excited with the natural destination that make my heart feel more relaxing and soothing with more pure form of oxygen. Usually to the city center my preferred but needs around 1 hour to reach. The trip to 798 taught me how to be patient today after a long time while I used to suffer from the long-lasting hours in the streets of Dhaka and today I get in the Beijing road. The clock showed a sad timing at 2:50 pm by the time I finally got off the bus and started walking towards the art exhibition area.
The city area in this area looks awesome with less traffic!
The first area I discovered the huge red-brick buildings, which were left over from an earlier industrial age which now home to an amazing environment of art cultures on the streets in this area. I have visited several areas and didn't visit some areas which are restricted and need a separate exhibition.
I wanted to finish my visit as the traffic could make my returning suffering. I took a quick look at places that caught my eye instantly. Some charged a small fee to get in, while others let me look around for free. It was different in each room, with different kinds of art. But it was a matter of sorrow that I couldn't find their meaning and traditional impact for not being a inexperienced person regarding the art culture.
Another reason behind the heavy traffic I learned is the college entrance exams for the students. It was also significant that tests need to spread out over three very long shifts. The city was already very busy, and now there were even more stressed-out students and their families coming through. And now there will be the Dragon Boat Festival coming up, which means there will be terrible traffic during these three days.
To be honest, I'm not very good at exploring these abstract arts. I'm more interested in the soothing hug of nature than in such an imaginary world of creativity. But I couldn't help but enjoy the district's raw energy and artistic spirit, even though I was short on time and a little overloaded with information.
After enjoying the art district I came back to my home district Huairou, and two of my colleagues planned taking dinner outside, so I agree with them for dinner to a Chongqing style paper raped fish which is one of my favorites.
After our dinner, we went to a nearby super shop to buy some necessary things. I have bought some chicken, ice cream, milk, fruits, and some tools. The most astonishing fact that toady I bought a pack of milk that cost 23 RMB which is more than double of many more comparable product.
I hope you like my tour of such a fantastic place with great exploration. It was amazing to have such tours to a fantastic place like this, with the discovery of beauty to enjoy and lose myself away from my busy life! If you have any queries, let me know in the comments, and I will try my best to answer them.
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Wish you a great day!