Milena’s Travel Log

Flat Milena is flying to China

Flat Milena in Beijing

Beijing • Capital of China: • Beijing is the capital of The People’s Republic of China. China has 30 provinces, and Beijing is a special

district which does not belong to any provinces, just like Washington DC. Beijing is a combination of history and modernity, and an internationalized metropolis.

• Population:• By the end of 2008, there are about 17 million people live in Beijing regularly. The total population in

Beijing today can be as much as 20 million. • History: • Beijing was built in 11th century, and the history of Beijing is more than 3000 years. There were

several empires in Chinese history used Beijing as their capital, the first time was about 850 years ago. Among those empires was Ming Dynasty (AD 1368-1644) which used Beijing as capital starting 1421, the family name of the emperors of Ming Dynasty is Zhu, Milena has the same last name.

• Famous sightseeing places:• Great wall, Forbidden City, Heaven of Temple, Summer Palace, Bird Nest Olympic Stadium (Olympic

2008), and a whole lot.

Dad received Flat me in Beijing

Daddy brought Flat Milena to several places in Beijing already:1. Grand Parents' Apartment2. Daddy's elementary school3. Daddy's birth place4. A bookstore daddy bought you a hand-made Chinese style bookmark

Daddy brought Flat Milena to several places in Beijing

Daddy's elementary school Daddy's birth place

Daddy brought Flat Milena to several places in Beijing

Daddy and Flat Milena in a bookstore-Daddy bought Milena a hand-made Chinese style bookmark

Flat Milena is arriving Nanjing by taking bullet train in China

Flat Milena is arriving Nanjing by taking bullet train in China

Nanjing

• Capital of Jiangsu province of China: • Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu province of China. Jiangsu is one of the

richest provinces in China, and it is located in the central part of China. Milena Zhu’s daddy founded his new company here.

• Population:• By the end of 2009, there are close to 8 million people live in Nanjing.

• History: • Nanjing was built in BC 472, so the history of Nanjing is about close to 2500

years. There were 10 political powers (empires, kingdoms, states) in Chinese history used Nanjing as their capital.

• Famous sightseeing places:• Yangtze River (the 3rd longest river in the world)

Here we are in Nanjing

Here Flat Milena and I sit on my sofa in my apartment in Nanjing

View from the window of my apartment

Here we are in Nanjing

Daddy was too busy to bring Flat Milena to go out, But daddy bring Flat Milena to daddy’s company