BEIJING NATIONAL MUSEUM

We spend Boyfriende´s last day in Beijing at the National Museum. It had been Boyfriende´s plan every single time he has visited Beijing to go there - the first 2 times the museum had not opened from it´s 3 years of re-building - and the last 2 times; the line outside had been ridiculously long so he had given up before even trying to stand in line - but that was until he found out that the line actually was for free entry - entering through the North entry and paying 10 RMB he (we) could save hours and go straight through to the "show" - and well yesterday we did and let me tell you; I am glad I didn´t wait in line for hours ... It was quite boring exhibitions; though with some beautiful things in the "old" part; there were not a smooth told story which could have made it easy and amusing to go through the many many rooms. The "new" part was not better and it was quite like being at the war museum ... so actually the most fun part we saw, was the Louis Vuitton Voyages Exhibition, which also was the most popular with the 99,8% Chinese visitors (yes, the Chinese love their Vuitton ). The rooms really interacted with the visitors and it told some great stories of the old brands different personalized luggages - it made it up for every single 10 RMB we paid per person. Would I recommend the place ? No - if you only have a week in Beijing; there´s a lot of other places I would go first - but when you have had a year like us, you should see this piece of what´s left of Chinese history - new and old.