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Chicken Busin' on the Yellow River + Beijing
... sense that we would in the Midwest. If a journey is more than an hour or so, they hop on the train. Now that doesn't mean it's always convenient, and over this holiday, and pretty much every other major holiday, if you don't get your tickets in advance there's a good chance you're not going anywhere. When I say packed I'm talking like sardines. The trains, the stations, the airports, it's even hard to get a cab on both weekends surrounding the 'off' ...
Afternoon Tea
When one thinks of China, there are many traditional things that the country is known for that immediately jump to mind. Things like the color red, qipao (旗袍: traditional silk dresses), and tea. So far on our trip we have seen an abundance of the color red (the Chinese symbol for happiness), and drank enough tea to last me a lifetime! When you go out to eat, especially to the nicer restaurants, tea is to the Chinese meal and ...
The Home Stay
... wasn't much family there to experience. It was just Auntie and me, eating breakfast together and having a conversation the best we could. Our half broken English, half broken Chinese method actually worked most of the time, so the day wasn't bad at all. After breakfast, Auntie taught me how to properly serve Chinese cha (茶: tea). First, you must wash the leaves and the cups once by pouring hot water over the leaves as if brewing ...
Tourist Time
... watermelon pink with blue stripes. According to him, it was a less gay pink, but I think it just looks silly. Overall, it took them almost two hours to find one weird pink shirt and one red shirt....men.
The masquerade that evening was very fun, but not quite what we expected. It kind of reminded me of jr. high, when no one wants to dance because they think they will look stupid. I guess the Chinese don't have dances through school ...
Ganbei!
... sat once he declared to do so. The food was practically feast worthy, and was on a typical rotating tabletop so that dishes could be easily shared. The hosts on our sides put samples of the various dishes on our plates and would asked "Hao chi ma?" (好吃吗？: Does it taste good?). And how could we say no?! The food was absolutely delicious!
One dish was a medium size fish that was in fact very ...
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