A Typical Day

We've had some people asking what our day consists of.  It's not much, but here we go. 

 

A little bit about the hotel itself.  We are staying at the Yanxiang Hotel in Beijing.

 

http://www.yanxianghotel.com/index_en.html

 

The website makes it look a lot better than what it is.  I can see this hotel having better days.  Also keep in mind that many of the amenities that may be mentioned on the website, we don't have access to.  Before entering any public areas you are required to wear masks.  We have free local calls, room Internet, business center Internet, mini bar & self service laundry.

 

We've been waking up about 4am and will go sit outside by the fish pond to get some cool air while Nathan feeds the fish.

 

Breakfast is served from 7:30 am until 9:00 am.  There is a buffet set up downstairs and they will fill your dish for you, but you have to take it back upstairs to eat in your room.  Different things they have offered at breakfast are: scrambled eggs, french toast, bacon, congee, toast, cereal and rice.

 

We are allowed to leave the room and wander around a limited space.  There is a barricade around the hotel and police guarding the hotel. 

 

 We have to be back in the room at 9:00 am for our first temperature check of the day.  They don't really monitor the temperature check very well.  They drop off a thermometer and come back about 10 minutes later to read it.

 

Lunch is served from 11:30 am until 1:00 pm.  Same deal, go downstairs to get it and bring it back to your room to eat.  Some items they have served are rice, noodles, soup, french fries, vegetable, chicken wings, sweet and sour pork.

 

The second temperature check is at 4:00 pm

 

Dinner is served from 6:00 pm until 7:30 pm

 

If you don't like the food that is provided, you can place an order for Pizza Hut, but this would be something you have to pay for. We ordered it the other night and it was served with ketchup.  I didn't try it that way, but thought it was a strange combination.  The meals do vary from day to day.  I think my favorite thing I've eaten here was the smoked duck, but there were just so many bones.  I'd say the daily staples you can count on are the rice, soup, bread, apples and french fries.

 

The hotel staff is very nice and as helpful as they can be.  There are some language barriers as may be expected.  The hotel staff is also under quarantine and haven't left the hotel since May 1st. 

 

It's definitely not unbearable, but we'd rather be out seeing the sites and getting our little girl.