Last Sunday Robin, Josh, Philip and I took the high-speed train to Tianjin, a city close to Beijing. Tianjin is one of China's five national central cities. National central cities are described as a group of cities in charge of leading, developing and performing tasks in political, economic, and cultural aspects.Tianjin has a long history, it was settled ca. 340 BC and has many old temples and museums. We found the city very different from Beijing. It is a smaller city with "only" 12 million inhabitants, and it has a much calmer atmosphere. The cab drivers were for example very happy and talkative. Even though Tianjin is only 130 km away from Beijing, Tianjin people have a completely different accent, so we struggled a lot with communication. We went to two temples, a bell tower, one museum and a water park. More photos will appear on Facebook!
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| Philip, Robin and Josh |
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| The Bell Tower |
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The four of us
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| Water Park by night |
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