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Smoggy Skylines
... around and get some food in, but it was pretty unsuccessful... we found an international shopping market that was neat! Really expensive for any type of European or American food (10$ for a box of cereal!). On our way back to the hostel, we stopped in the train station to get some food. We finally had KFC, since apparently they love it here... since it is everywhere! It is definitely a lot different than in America... their fries taste exactly like McDonald's and their menu is full of ...
Blue skies smiling at us!
... jade, and some calligraphy. We actually managed to spend an hour at the museum. There was one interesting exhibit of clothing styles in the various regions of China. We saw some Kazakh style clothes there. More interesting was a small boy who decided to throw his water bottle down the stairs repeatedly. I guess it was some sort of game but nobody stopped him, not even the people he chucked it at.
We then went through a tunnel to the other side of the river to see the new part ...
Eileen Fisher
... here that I really noticed I was in a developing country. The houses were falling apart (some already had), and the water was bright green from algae. Even though the poverty level was so noticeable, there was beauty about the simplicity and longevity of the culture. As we drove by on our bus we could see old Chinese men with their pointy straw hats cutting wheat and the fishermen in their wooden boats. This was the image I had ...
Welcome to the Maotrix
There is no spoon...
No, literally, there is no spoon in our room/apartment. We did have two forks, 2 knives, chopsticks and a ladle. Also, one pot, tea cups, rice bowls and a plate. A call to house-keeping revealed that anything more than the "standard issue" room supplies in our serviced apartment would cost. Welcome to capitalist China.
Because we are here with Perrin, we wanted a kitchenette, and if possible, a ...
Ich habe es getan
... erdrängelt wird. Nur beim österreichischen Pavillon ist das nicht so, und das ist kein Zufall.
Im Pavillon gibt eine unmotivierte Pianistin, die mit dem Rücken zum Publikum, klassische Stücke zum Besten. Die Lautstärke im „pianisimo" Stil, sodass ich mir nicht sicher ob die Klaviertöne aus dem Tastenkasten vor ihr, oder aus meinen versehentlich eingeschaltet Ipod kommen. Zeitgleich schlendern die Pavillonbesucher an der vermeidlichen Oase der Ruhe vorbei, ohne ...