East Hotel Dalian

... meal cost 32 yuan. When I compare it to American prices, it is less than $5 so I should be fine with that. But to compare it to China meal prices it is quite expensive.<br><br>As a bonus I am adding some KFC pictures. This is taken in Dalian and my western friends call it the KFC church. Because ... it looks like a Church. None of the others look like this one. So, I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy...<br><br><br>

... make it back to the apartment safely. I was a little more daring on the last part of the ride and actually followed the traffic in a left turn lane. I parked the bike and can check that activity off my list. I rode a bike in China. For the short time I have left here, I do think that I will stick to walking.<br><br>Things have warmed up a bit from those few days. It is still very pleasant for me but not as cool as it was then. I hope you enjoy the pictures from that interesting bike ride.

... for me. She replied that if I did that I might lose my booking. I hung up, muttering to myself "and what a bloody great shame that would be!" The people hanging out by our gate looked at me wide-eyed in disbelief. I assume this was because of the whole &#8220;foreigner speaking Chinese on telephone&#8221; thing rather than the &#8220;foreigner completely losing her cool in public&#8221; thing, but I could be mistaken.<br><br>Take off from Ningbo was delayed yet ...

... my patience, but fortunately they didn't speak any English! At about 7:30pm we finally left the airport with the promise of a phone call when the next flight got in at 9:30pm.<br><br>Went out for dinner with Wei and Lao Feng - seafood, then back to Gwen's flat, where Gwen's suitcase finally turned up at about 10:20pm.

... didn&#8217;t fess up right at the beginning. She was happy with her massage, but after some comparisons I definitely think I got the more skilled masseuse.<br><br>To top off the evening, we headed to Susan&#8217;s, one of the only true western restaurants in this part of China. I went all out and ordered an orange Julius and a poutine. It is not quite the same, but a pretty darn close replica, especially for China. The ...

... and got the price down to Y60. So we agreed, and the shop keeper started running around to gather them all up.<br><br>All the places around us were closing, so we felt relieved and accomplished that we were getting the shirts. We had to open each one individually, because many of the first ones he gave us were navy blue, not black, so we had to keep a close eye on him.<br><br>Once all fifteen were amassed, we handed over the money&#8212;and he started ...

It is Heidi first full day of teaching, and we are launching our Stock Market Game. The premise is simple, randomly handout six cards to every student that is either $100 or a stock (A,B,C,D) explain to them the goal of the game is to amass the most wealth that they can. It works best with two people, because one person can be in charge of randomly changing the price of stocks (all going up) and the other can be the bank, loaning out $1000 for every $100 of insurance ...

... Rampant intrigue with (supposedly) only 1 pair of testicles. 9. Xi'an Ming Wall. 12th Century City Defensive Wall at a time before the Ming Dynasty moved to Beijing. Regarded as the most well preserved City wall in the world, it has been re-built and ...

... the cabbage building. They have a chop saw, some files, a few hand tools that they carry home each night in their pants, and a welder, but often no mask. The same crew has been working and living out of a vacant commercial space in my neighborhood since I got here in August. Next to my building, a space that has never been occupied is undergoing a storefront improvement, 4 stories tall. A facade of steel ...

... went to the local shopping district. Malls and young people everywhere...as usual! We didn't buy much...but Sarah got a french manicure at a small shop inside one of the malls and picked up some smelly fish snacks along the way too. On the way back to our hotel room, we stopped at a local flower market so Sarah could pick up a dozen roses and some dressing. Sarah took a class in flower arrangement before so she wanted to create her own ...