第二天一早，我们叫了一辆出租，直奔鸟巢。鸟巢对70岁以上的人实行免费，60岁以上实行半价，所以老年人务必请带好身份证，否则是绝对也拿不到优惠的，好彩姑夫还不到60，否则冤死了。鸟巢和水立方实行联票制，两处一共80块。爸爸一直想弄清楚鸟巢的结构，他不明白那些钢架的真正承重点是哪里，这次看完他说终于明白了，原来钢架和里面的结构是两拿着的。我是外行，不太明白结构方面的，只是经常听说这是座雄伟著名的建筑，所以很想看看，但看了以后觉得里面不过就是一排排的座位而已，也没什么令人惊艳的地方。对比水立方，这里的一切，特别是座位都是红白两色的；而水立方中的一切都是蓝白两色，色调极为鲜明。本以为这两个地方相距甚远，没想到就在对面。水立方中有个水上乐园，对公众开放，但价格高得惊人。我们在水立方里吃了午饭，三碗炸酱面，一盘外婆醉鱼，一盘辣萝卜条，一盘凉拌蕨粉，一盘炒双菇和二两二锅头，价格比外面高了20%。
Everyone who watched the Olympic Games Opening or Closing ceremony will still have a strong impression of Bird Nest and Water Cube. Actually the real name for Bird Nest is Beijing National Stadium and the real name for Water Cube is Beijing National Aquatics Centre. But people in Beijing simply love the nick names.
The following morning we went to visit two famous iconic buildings in Beijing. The ticket for these two places together cost ￥80 (S$15.25). It‘s free for senior citizen whose age is above 70 and half price for age 60-69 but must show by either identity card or passport. So don’t forget to bring it with you if you are older than 60. Uncle in law forgot to bring any documents with him, but luckily he’s not 60 yet, or else it would be a sheer waste. My father was always interested to know the structure of the Bird Nest. This time he said he finally understood after looking at it closely. He said the outside stainless steel structure and inside concrete was totally disconnected. Outside was just for decorative purposes and nothing else. It was said the Bird Nest was huge and could hold an audience of 80,000 to 100,000. But it didn’t look to me that big. The only thing I liked was the seats. It was quite interesting. The seats inside Bird Nest were in red and white and in Water Cube were all in blue and white, and they were the same design. We thought these two places were far apart before we visited but it was just opposite to each other. There was a water theme park inside the Water Cube, but the price was sky high. We had our lunch there, and again we ordered Zhajang noodle, but it was about 20% more expensive than outside.
Everyone who watched the Olympic Games Opening or Closing ceremony will still have a strong impression of Bird Nest and Water Cube. Actually the real name for Bird Nest is Beijing National Stadium and the real name for Water Cube is Beijing National Aquatics Centre. But people in Beijing simply love the nick names.
The following morning we went to visit two famous iconic buildings in Beijing. The ticket for these two places together cost ￥80 (S$15.25). It‘s free for senior citizen whose age is above 70 and half price for age 60-69 but must show by either identity card or passport. So don’t forget to bring it with you if you are older than 60. Uncle in law forgot to bring any documents with him, but luckily he’s not 60 yet, or else it would be a sheer waste. My father was always interested to know the structure of the Bird Nest. This time he said he finally understood after looking at it closely. He said the outside stainless steel structure and inside concrete was totally disconnected. Outside was just for decorative purposes and nothing else. It was said the Bird Nest was huge and could hold an audience of 80,000 to 100,000. But it didn’t look to me that big. The only thing I liked was the seats. It was quite interesting. The seats inside Bird Nest were in red and white and in Water Cube were all in blue and white, and they were the same design. We thought these two places were far apart before we visited but it was just opposite to each other. There was a water theme park inside the Water Cube, but the price was sky high. We had our lunch there, and again we ordered Zhajang noodle, but it was about 20% more expensive than outside.
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