I love Halloween! It is my favourite holiday and I can't help but get dressed up, no matter where I am. Previous Halloween's during university were always amazing nights out, often quite messy but very funny! My first halloween in China was low key, apart from getting dressed up with a bunch of 5 year olds. But this year we celebrated Halloween with style...well almost! And were best to get costumes but a Chinese market, they have everything you can dream of...Beijing Zoo Market is up there; never have I seen so many buildings filled with clothes, shoes, glasses, jewelry, and well lots of random junk! Just what you need at Halloween! Having filled kids faces with sweets all afternoon at school we headed to our local bar, the 7090 Western Bar, just around the corner from Baboshan subway stop. Dressed as a geek, a dead bride, an Easter bunny, a panda, a zebra, a vampire bride, Silent Bob, a witch, a hippy and even a stripper we became the stars of the bar. Chinese people love taking photos, especially of foreigners, especially when foreigners are dressed up like idiots! We danced, the stripper even stripped (don't even ask) and we drank plenty of pijiu! It was a good night, full of strange events but alas it was halloween...... |