Renyuan Hotel Qingdao

... views are spectacular, and somehow it also has the glimse of lifestyle from a big city. Thus to say, mixture of everything.

Definitely worth the visit, and the coldness...


Hightlights of visits:
. The Protestant Church(基督教堂 )
. Jiaozhou Governor's Hall (提督府), office building of former German governors [Gouverneurspalast] and former municipal government

... down the hills, we finally settled on a slightly outward hill...it's only 3:30pm and the sun is already preparing for the day-off......Point to note for the sunset fans, you gotta start early for that in Qing Dao. By 4:30pm the whole sunset process is done and we went for some city sightseeing, christmas trees and decos are all around already, nice lights there.

... the leganary Eight Immortals crossed the sea. Thirdly, it's where 2 rivers joins.

For me, I knew it from a local singer-song-writer (Sam Hui) 's song apart from the above.
(Sorry it's only in cantonese lyrics)
何處覓" 028;萊
曲：許 ;冠傑　詞ᦂ 6;許冠傑/黎 444;得

心嚮 4448;蓬萊 / 想身處 ...

... belts and feeding through the machines. Minimal manpowers.

We spent pretty much the entire afternoon on the coach. A funny incident, as we are all getting into deep naps during the bus trip, suddenly I was woke up by intensive heat, like burning fire, really hot-like-hell, it's winter and I can't get rid of any more clothes from my body ...

... br>. The twin-spired St Michael's Cathedral, (天主教堂), one piece of the famous Neo-romanesque architecture in Qingdao, designed by German architect Alfred Fräbel, completed in 1934[9]
Flower-floor (花石楼), the place for previous German governors to fish, hunt or rest.
. Xiao Yu Shan (Little Fish Hill, 小鱼山)
. Residences of famous ...

... It was very relaxing for once to travel with somebody who spoke the local language, made it much easier to get around and order food, until then all we have had to eat was hot pots and things on sticks. Mark took us out for drinks with his fellow students and he must have thought that we were a bit homesick, because he took us to a bar that looked just like 10 downing street! We then moved on to Qingdao to where the sailing Olympics were held ...

... and she give me an assuring nod. I made it. It was just as I had imagined it. Crowded, loud, various smells creeping up my nostrils, knock off bags, Chinese women screaming what they considered to be fantastically cheap prices trying to woo a passerby only to be outdone by howling babies. And that was the first floor. After purchasing some shampoo on the second floor I headed up to the third where I had been told that I could find a shouji, a cell phone.

... this place, either. Chairman Mao stayed here for a week in 1957 with his closest advisors. The rooms he used have been untouched - decoratively speaking - since he left. The residence has a two star public toliet, European in design. By this I mean there is a urinal instead of a hole in the floor. It was relatively busy as I was washing my hands, and I learned something else about hygenic culture - I am repeatedly appalled by beggars who grab me when I ...

... to sit. Ava sat next to him. She also had a microphone. He wanted to squeeze her hand, but she remained aloof, professional, and kept her hands to herself. Some more words were spoken. Sterling nodded and smiled. Always smiling. Then a thick book was pushed between his chest and the microphone. It was as large and as thick as an atlas, with large white sheets of paper. It was opened to the middle. A series of lines, in Chinese, a couple of blank ...

... whatever manner you can. Its pretty *******n surprising that communism ever got in here, but their mixture of capitalist-communism (I have no idea how that works) seems to suit it pretty well. Its not a bad thing though - they have a refreshing honestly about it, so you always know where you stand at least. After that headed into town for some dinner (after maybe checking out a few or more DVD shops ...