Dalian Inn Fine Hotel

... maybe Canada. He worked for a guy but the guy stole his recipes and Eddie left. Then he came back and opened "The real Eddies" Not sure if all that is correct but hopefully it is close. I guess there is another restaurant in Kai fa qu called "Eddies" Anyway, he serves western food and has a delicious bakery. I had some of the chocolate chip cookies. They were tasty. <br><br>Again, back to the story, we went to ...

... saw some security guards sitting in front of their little station. So I asked Wo keyi ma (Can I?) They yelled &#8211; Bu keyi (No you can&#8217;t) Clear enough for me. And I headed down the hill and back home. Maybe I can get up to the space ship before I leave. The ride down the mountain was definitely more fun than the ride up.<br><br>On the way back to the apartment I had to stop for one more picture. One thing you do notice here is interesting translations on signs and shirts ...

... unprovoked daily phone call from a massuer (prostitute) offering her services. Every Caucasian I saw in the city seemed to be from Russia, perhaps unsurprisingly given its proximity. I have to say that most of the Russian men almost looked like caricatures of masculinity. Evidently I don't look like this: one taxi driver immediately identified me as a Briton (which is itself unusual, as I'm usually assumed to be American). <br><br ...

... for a while. I decided I ought to call the hotel I had booked online for my stay in Dalian to explain the situation and ask if they would be able to keep my reservation. They are only supposed to keep rooms until 18:00 and I was worried the plane had been delayed for long enough that I would not make it in time. The woman I talked to was a stupid cow. I don&#8217;t usually call complete strangers stupid cows, but she really was. Instead of a polite refusal, she told ...

I gave in to two vices today... melted cheese and a massage.<br><br>Kirsty organized for us to go to this little place in Jinshitan for a message, and I was really excited. For Y80, we would get pampered for nearly an hour&#8212;one of the strongest motivations to moving to China.<br><br>We walked there after school, and I wasn't totally sure what to expect. The lady led us to this backroom that was decorated... I am trying ...

We have all been volunteered to help the school put on an English Festival. I was very reluctant to get too involved in something I had no interest in, because there is a lot of other activities the school does that is more up my alley... but we had no choice. <br><br>The most Chinese thing about the whole event was that the slogan was incorrect grammar, for a festival celebrating English. Classic. We will, we will English You! Good lord.<br><br>So, when given a ...

... br>Before we arrived in China, the one thing we were told was that it was really hard to get the students actively involved in the class&#8212;that they remained stoic, sombre, and serious. That was NOT our experience. With very little prompting, students were up, out of their seats and rapidly trading, wheeling and dealing. <br><br>One student I watched kept making deals right before whatever stock he sold went up by hundreds of dollars, groaning at his misfortune ...

Gary's Top 2 Dozen China Attractions I'm back in Oregon for a few weeks, thinking about many of the things about China that left an impression: 1. TerraCotta Warriors - Qinshihuangdi Bingmayong. 2000 years old, buried for centuries in a wheat field East of ...

... I only hoped it was a vegetable. The animal products are visceral, almost vivsectionist. And the livestock from the ocean can't even be categorized. If it wasn't for rice and fruit, a person could starve here as a better alternative to dining. One thing I do like though, are the chopsticks. There's no enjoyment in the food, but the delivery is ...

... There are 8 or 10 derrick cranes, look like maybe 50 ton size except for one big jim, which might be a few hundred tons. About 10 small bridge cranes, and the largest most prominent one, that must be 200 feet tall with a lift capacity of several hundred tons. Workers stream to and from the buildings during the day, like a trail of ants. There is worker housing near my building and the closest bus stop, so ...