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Speaking of Beijing, Boston.com's The Big Picture blog has a great roundup of photos taken during preparations for the Olympic games in Beijing.
Above: a Reuters shot of a member of the Olympic Rescue Dog Team in training in Beijing; the gallery has many more images of (human) athletes and improvements being made in and around the city.
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Town & Country's July issue features a great piece by T&C Travel Editor-in-Chief Heidi Mitchell on traveling to Beijing, along with practical tips for those heading to the Olympics this year -- including our top picks on where to stay (the Peninsula Beijing, the Park Hyatt Beijing and the Commune by the Great Wall Kempinski), where to get tickets to Olympic events, top outfitters (Remote Lands), and
where to enjoy the best nightlife.
There's much new to be seen in Beijing, Mitchell reports:
"Still, the show—or more like the coming-out party—must go on. In preparation for the Games, Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron and the China Architecture Design Institute have erected the 80,000-seat National Stadium, lovingly nicknamed the Bird's Nest for its webbed-steel tentacles. The Netherlands' Rem Koolhaas and his team will unveil their gravity-defying CCTV Headquarters, which some are describing as a twisted doughnut. British starchitect Norman Foster's futuristic new Terminal 3 at the international airport has just opened. Even more impressive, every single Olympics project is on track to be completed ahead of schedule, not to beat timetables but to help clear the dust clinging to carbon emissions in the air. Factories will work in slow motion for weeks before the first starting gun is fired on the auspicious date of 8/8/8, and cars will miraculously be swept off the streets—all in the name of blue skies and beautiful photo ops..."
Beijing is a city of 17 million people, and getting around town can be tricky -- best to read up before you go.
Anyone else have tips to share on new, can't-miss locations in Beijing?
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Heidi Mitchell is editor-in-chief of Town & Country Travel and Town & Country Weddings, and features and travel editor of Town & Country.
Adam H. Graham is a contributing writer for this blog; his work also frequently appears in Town & Country Travel, both in the magazine and online.
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