Day 103 - Saint Nicholas on 238m

The CCTV tower (not to mistake for the CCTV headquarters) is the tallest building in Beijing. 405 meters high up in the smoggy sky. China Central Television is the major broadcaster in mainland China with 18 channels - also one in English.
I thought today was not that much of smog - it was windy the last days - so maybe the perfect day for a nice view from the 238 meter high observation deck, but as we arrived at the tower there wasn't really a clear sky... I guess, the perfect day for a wide look-out in Beijing doesn't exist at all. Anyway the tower is impressive. It cost 50 (!) Yuan to enter it and there are some exhibitions showing CCTV items, like the jacket that the reporter wore who interviewed the first Chinese space walk astronaut Zhai Zhigang this September ;-) So, considering this little bit of extra entertainment the price is still too high but you get at least something. Something extra such as a little button, which Meiping won in a battle of Scissors, Paper, Stone against Santa Claus. Meiping is an accounting student who I met thanks to my friend Julian. Find some pictures from the tower here. Oh, btw. it was f****** cold up there... Happy St Nicholas! (actually I really forgot this...)