Thanks to Google maps you can discover Beijing (or any other city, country,...) from space. So here is Beijing.
This is area where I live: 1)my house 2)bus stop, where I going everymorning 3)shopping area - small "supermarket" and market with fruits and vegetables
And here is office: 1)office (and McDonald's - it is in a same builiding) 2)big department store (so you see shopping is quite easy here) 3)subway station
Last week I had a chance to leave Beijing and discover two the most beautiful cities in China – Shanghai and Hangzhou. Shanghai is 1500km south from Beijing (i.e. 12 hours by comfortable train) and it is the biggest city of P.L.China and the biggest port in the world. And I must admited that I was amazed by this city since very first moment… It is more interneational, so I didn’t feel so weird by having white face, it is easier to find somebody speaking English, having better subway system and it is simply nicer. I would highlit just biggest impressions and that are skyscrapers and shopping.
Skyscrapers – they are just everywhere, they are really beautiful, each of them is different and I was quite amazed. We had several company meetings in this buildings (e.g. meeting with Ford was on 43rd floor) and it is quite hard to focus on agenda, when you have really cool view in front of yourself. There is also highest building in China (and no. 5 in the world), Jin Mao tower, which has 88 floors. We tried to enter this building, but it was not possible to get to lift without special card (which might seem normal for us, but this is first building in China, where I saw this system, otherwise you can access buildings easily, without any control). And right next to it, there is another skyscraper, which suppose to be number 2 in the world. Just few days before our arrival there was fire in this construction area.
During this visit I also did my personal record – 66th floor. It was during one evening and we visited bar at the top of hotel in centre. It was really unforgetable to sit in such high, watch on night view of Shanghai and drink beer :-)
Nakupovani - nakupovani v Cine to je neco, coz uz jsem popisoval,ale Shangahi je jeste vyssi level :-) Posledni vecer jsme s Ninou vyrazili na mistni nakupni tridu plnou obchodu. Vsude plno svetel obchodu, ruzny znacky atd. No ale to clovek vidi vsude. Jak jsme se tak prochazeli, tak furt za nama nekdo chodil “shoes, bages, watches, DVD,… very cheap sir”, ale celkem jsme je ignorovali. (V jednu chvili sem cekal pred obchodem na Ninu a hnedka sem dostal nabidku na "lady massage" :-) ) Prosli sme ale pulku ulice a vsude samy hadry a nikde zadnej stanek s dvd, ktery sem si chtel nakoupit. No a kdyz nas potom nejaka slecna oslovila, tak jsme se nechali zlomit a vydali se do bocnich ulicek, kde nas zatahla do takyho malinkatyho obchodiku kde nic tu nic, ale jak ji videli prodavaci, tak se hnedka rozestoupili a otevreli zadni falesnou stenu, za niz bylo asi trikrat vic mista. Tam sem si prohrabal kopu filmu,ale bohuzel ani po smlouvani sme se nedohodli, nehoraznych 45 Kc (na mistni pomery) za jedno DVD sem nehodlal platit, tak sme se vydali na hlavni ulici a netrvalo dlouho a uz nas oslovoval dalsi nahanec. S nim sem si uz na hlavni ulici ujasnil cenu (20 Kc za kus) a vyrazili. Nas pruvodce se jmenoval Li a byl to docela dobrodruh, protoze hnedka prvni obchod byla takova uzounka odbocka z jiz tak dosti vedlejsi ulice, ale bylo tam svetlo a aji nejaky turista se tam mihl, tak sme se odhodlali. Nejaky DVD sem si vybral, ale prodavacce se nejak nelibilo mnozstvi penez co ji davam, ale Li jen udelal gesto rukou a bylo to ok. No ale dalsi obchod jsme teda odmitli, protoze to uz i tak byla docela temna ulicka, z niz Li odbocil do neosvetlenyho pruchodu a tam se zacal hnat po nejakych schodech nahoru, tak to jsme teda s Ninou rychle vycouvali… Ale pak nas ujistil, ze je to ok, ale i tak jsme radsi sli do jinyho obchodu. Nejdriv to byla galerie (sem se divil proc nas taha nakupovat obrazy), ale hned po nasem prichodu se za recepci otevrela dalsi falesna stena a navstivili jsme dalsi "shoes, bags, dvd..". Tady uz to sice Li nemel cenove pod palcem, tak jsme znovu smlouval, ale v pohode sem to ucekal na moji cenu. Na zaver, nas jeste Li tahal do obhodu, kde uz jsme prvne byli se slecnou, ale tam uz jsme nechteli, sice tvdil, ze “ I am boss here, I make price for you”, ale DVD uz jsem mel dost tak jsme se vratili zpet a rozloucili. No kdybyste nekdo chteli nakupovat na Nanjing East, tak ho najdete na konci ulice kolem posledni odbocky, to je jeho teritorium jak rikal (asi to tu maji nejaky rozdeleny na nejaky rajony), je to milej chlapik a umi i jakztakz anglicky. Jen se je potreba vybavit notnou davkou odvahy…
Hangzhou reunion
Then we spend two days in Hangzhou - close to Shanghai, we visited Moni, she is having 1 yeat internship there. HAngzhou supposed to be "the most beautiful city in China" - in my opinion, it is normal middle size city ("only" 6,5 milion people), it has one advantage - nice big lake close to the centre (round around lake is 14 km long) so we spend nice two days in it surroundings. During first evening we also bought some beers and were just enjoying nice atmosphere of the city. I was suprised that there were a lot of beggers, which were really obtrusive and annoying (comparing to Beijing the situation was much worse). But one guy was asking only for empty cans anf bottles, I stopped by us three time during evening and each time we had new stuff for him, which made him really happy. So we had nice evening, drunk some beers and made some CSR :-) Next day we also rented bikes, so we could discover more places around lake. And there just 15 hours in the train and we were back in Beijing
No zacina nam fotbalova sezona, Liberec se trosku ztrapnil v Intertoto cup, Slavia k tomu nemela daleko v Ziline, no ale urcite to daji, aby jejich potupu mohl vykonat Ajax. Brno zahajilo ligu trapnou remizou 0:0 doma proti Zlinu a k tomu muj druhy "nejoblibenejsi" klub Kaprici Zizkov vyhrali v Boleslavi. Kam ten fotbal speje.... Aspon malou radost mi udelal los 3. predkola Ligy mistru, kde Sparta vyfasla Arsenal, tudiz se nemusim strachovat, ze by nahodou postoupili. Po tom vsem fotbalovym hnusu jsem si musel trosku spravit chut no a v nedeli se naskytla jedna super prilezitost, v Pekingu hrala slavna Barcelona!!! Henry, Ronaldinho,... Messi bohuzel nestihl letadlo. Maji tu tedka pripravny tour po Asii a budou jeste hrat v Japonsku a Hong Kongu. Jeden lupen stal 600 Kc, coz je na mistni pomery docela dost (priblizne muj tydenni plat) a to jsme meli ten nejlevneji. Ty nejdrazsi se pohybovali az pres 7000 Kc, coz uz mi prijde prehnany, ale bylo celkem plno. Kapacita stadionu 33 000 lidi a mohlo tam byt tak 28 000 (nikde to nehlasili). Pred zapasem sem se jeste stihl vybavit dresem s cislem 14 a jmenem HENRY. Prodejcu pred stadecem byla spousta, ale ceny byly nejdriv nadsazeny, zacinaly na 100 RMB (300 Kc), coz bylo asi dvakrat vic nez jsme byl ochotnej zaplatit. Smlouvat uplne odmitali. Prekvapive, cim bliz ke stadionu tim levnejsi, takze kdyz sem nasel 70, tak sem to ukecal na 60 a koupil. A to sem k tomu jeste dostal Henryho trenky zdarma.
Zapas probihal docela poklidne, Barcelona hrala docela v lezernim tempu,ale i tak soupere prehravali. Kuciiii opaleni... Branit zacinali az 20 metru pred vlastnim vapnem, ale i tech par metru jim stacilo na to aby eliminovali veskre cinske pokusy o gol. Po polocase Barca vedla 1:0, Henry se zrovna moc neprevedl. V druhe pulce se cinani probrali a vyrovnali hru, dokonce meli i nekolik sanci, coz ovsem paradoxne vedlo k tomu, ze dostali dalsi dva goly. Ronaldinho o polocase vystridal Henryho, v podstate se jen tak flinkal po hristi, ale pak kopl jeden paradni primak a zavrsil skore na 3:0. Cinanum se vsak nedala uprit motivace a snaha, zanechali docela sympaticky dojem, ale evidentne na Barcelonu nemaji. Atmosfera v prubehu zapasu nebyla spatna, ale vetsinu casu byly cinani ticho, takze malicky katalansky kotel, ktery byl kousek za mnou, mel prevahu. Ale obcas se strhla mexicka vlna, jednu si mi podarilo zachytit i na video.
Jeste se ale musim zminit o jedne veci a tou je organizacni zajisteni celeho zapasu. Nasledujici den jsem nasel na internetovych strankach Herald Tribune clanek, ktery me docela bavil, zejmena nasledujici cast:
The game was a dry run of sorts for next year's Beijing Olympics, which reaches the one-year-away date on Wednesday. Surveillance cameras were used to monitor any rowdy crowd behavior at the match. Beijing Olympics officials are very concerned about the image the city projects next year and have been campaigning to get people to curtail bad habits like spitting, jumping ahead in line and reckless driving.
Jestli tento spil by dry run,tak to me ho teda vyndej. Sehnat o polocase piti, byl docela narocnej ukol. Stihl sem obejit ctvrtku stadionu a nasel hluk kricich a mackajicich se lidi , za nimiz byl stanek s Colou. (tim asi mysli to "rowdy crowd", ale ani se moc nedivim, protoze to bylo jediny piti siroko daleko). Tak sem se vydal mackat taky, kricet anglicky tu moc nema smysl. Po chvilce sem se dotlacit k nejake pani, ktere sem se pet minut snazil vnutit penize, ale furt si brala penize od nekoho jinyho. Kdyz uz to vypadalo, ze se smiluje a neco mi proda, tak jim dosla voda v postmixu. Tak sem chvili cekal, narval ji prachy do ruky a zacal se cpat davem zpet. Mit kolu v ruce,ale jeste neznamena vitezstvi, protoze sem se musel prodrat zpet na svobodu, coz je s dvema papirovyma kelimkama docela narocnej ukol. Ale mel jsem vetsi stesti, nez klucina prede mnou, na jehoz misto se tak drave rvali dalsi ochlastove, ze polovina jeho coly skoncila na mojich botech (stal jsem hned za nim). Takze nechapu, o jakym "jumping line" to pisou, protoze cinany stat ve fronte sem tu jeste nevidel... No a dav pred zachodama vypadal tak hrozive, ze se mi hnedka prestalo chtit. Doprava po zapase, byla jeste vetsi krize. Zadni specialni busy, takze 28 000 lidi se muselo narvat jit tak do normalne prehustene dopravy. Taxiky, kterych to je normalne halda (pro slovenske pratele: "po kokot"), vsechny najednou zmizely. Nevim jestli to ti ridici delaji naschval nebo jim jen nedoslo, ze kde je dav, tak je vetsi sance chytit zakaznika. Fotbalove to byl zajimavy zazitek okoreneny i notnou davkou cinskeho chaosu. Do olympiady, ale maji jeste co zlepsovat. Maji na to jeste rok, tak snad to vyjde, jinak si totiz uriznou betalnou celosvetovou ostudu.
Thanks to Google maps you can discover Beijing (or any other city, country,...) from space. So here is Beijing.
No kdybyste nekdo chteli nakupovat na Nanjing East, tak ho najdete na konci ulice kolem posledni odbocky, to je jeho teritorium jak rikal (asi to tu maji nejaky rozdeleny na nejaky rajony), je to milej chlapik a umi i jakztakz anglicky. Jen se je potreba vybavit notnou davkou odvahy… 
Then we spend two days in Hangzhou - close to Shanghai, we visited Moni, she is having 1 yeat internship there. HAngzhou supposed to be "the most beautiful city in China" - in my opinion, it is normal middle size city ("only" 6,5 milion people), it has one advantage - nice big lake close to the centre (round around lake is 14 km long) so we spend nice two days in it surroundings. During first evening we also bought some beers and were just enjoying nice atmosphere of the city. 
