As somehow our back packs were getting bigger and heavier (or at least it felt that way) we took a taxi to the train station and that was a good idea. During a nice ride we could enjoy the Tianamen Square and the entrance to the forbidden city one last time and were amazingly fast at the train station, of course way to early.

After going through security check (they’re here everywhere) we found our waiting room and the  whole high speed train thing in China is really more like checking for a flight that the train rides we know.

Packed like mules we enjoyed some of the interesting things in the train station:

The train ride went very well and we found out that we definitely need to take some food, as Charlotte kept asking about the (very expensive) food there was in the train 🙂

Arrived in Pingyao we were picked up by the hostel and were amazed by the beautiful place we landed in. The host Lilly was very attentive and we quickly felt at home in here hostel, where we  then had a nice diner and after that a little tour of the streets before we laid down in old Pingyao for the first night.