Chapter 2
He had spent the previous two days visiting as much as possible of the city of Beijing, including a brief stroll through the Forbidden City and a sightseeing, which although selectively showed what the Chinese want to exhibit gave him at least an idea of the magnitude of the gigantic city. He had promised himself to return before going to Europe in order to complete the visit to the Palace Museum, although this was an almost impossible task to carry out fully on a brief visit.
Now he had packed his bags and was eagerly waiting for his host and guide in China to show up. In a couple of opportunities he thought that the expected person had come in front of him, middle-aged Chinese men, who in his fantasy had the appearance of university professors. In one case he stood up in orde
