DID YOU KNOW: kids call strangers 'uncle' (shushu) instead of 'mister' (xiansheng)
Yup, I live an hour or so away from Beijing - it had snowed the previous day so I just up and went. I was ecstatic the whole time, as there were few people and some of the sections that hadn't been cleaned yet were fresh for me to walk on alone. Not to mention the cold weather was invigorating as I remember sweltering in the summer, yet here I was literally skipping on some parts. Half the fun was talking to the other Chinese tourists; I don't know if I'll ever get tired of replying in Chinese when I overhear someone talking about me (that's how I got the pic above).
So far, I've been to seven separate parts of the GW. I'm extremely fortunate to have the time to travel.