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Not dining alone

Ah! The pick your own restaurant! A refrigerator case with baskets of veggies, meats, mushrooms and organ meats on skewers makes it easy to get what you want. I went for almost one of each veggies, tofu skin, fish and shrimp balls and a couple mushrooms. Once I fill my basket I give it to the...

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prrrrl on October 7, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Ouch!

I just got body-slammed trying to get off the subway car. There is no sense of letting exitors go first on subways or elevators. People rushing in/on might block one's egress so aggressiveness is common.

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prrrrl on October 6, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing, 2010 or Liaoning, 2013. They are appear to be mixed up!

I tried, I really tried

Errand list: Buy hats for Jensen Pick up black ball gown Pick up dance skirts What I accomplished: Bought a wrist watch

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prrrrl on October 6, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Spotty Chinese

One word (bian3) came back to me without me thinking the English first. Yea! I'm actually not sure of the English translation. I just know how to use it in Chinese. Another word (hao3 mi3) I knew I should know just wasn't there till I asked the stone vendor. The frustration of long language...

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prrrrl on October 6, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Thanks for the work out, Google Maps

My friend's House is east of the outlet mall. I know that now because I GM sent me northwest of the outlet mall. I'd been to SZ's House before via subway and remembered it being close to the mall. Unfortunately I wasn't sure of the direction. I trusted GM. I walked 2+ kilometers in the wrong...

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prrrrl on October 6, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Sitting Pretty and Not Loving It

Before moving to China I read an observer's assessment that the Chinese could not make a comfortable chair. So true! I'm currently dining at a restaurant with great atmosphere but clumsy furniture. The decorative wooden drop frame means I can hardly pull up to the table as my legs can barely...

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prrrrl on October 6, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing, 2010 or Liaoning, 2013. They are appear to be mixed up!

Useful!

Hiking poles sure are handy. They are probably good for hiking, too. This trip the only action they've seen is reaching for shoes deep under the bed and closing windows too high to reach. Not sure it's been worth carrying them from the US and all through Liaoning. Oh, well...

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prrrrl on October 5, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing, 2010 or Liaoning, 2013. They are appear to be mixed up!

Morning Surprises?

I sure hope there are no caterpillars under my pillow tonight. I use my clean clothes wadded up under the hostel's thin pillow to raise it to a comfortable height. My clean clothes dry on clotheslines on the Terrace. The Terrace is populated with fuzzy caterpillars. I picked 7 or 8 of my...

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prrrrl on October 5, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing, 2010 or Liaoning, 2013. They are appear to be mixed up!

Jade!

We left NC on Thursday; we arrived in China Friday. Sunday morning we were still both jet lagged. What to do at 5am? Dirt market! There is a weekend flea/dirt market of many decades history on the south east side. It's grown very touristy in recent years and the Prospect of finding an...

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prrrrl on October 5, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing, 2010 or Liaoning, 2013. They are appear to be mixed up!

Children and dogs...

On the subway I started playing peek-a-boo with a curious toddler sitting one lap over. What else would I do when a small child stares at my blue eyes and then covers their brown beauties. But this game did not end well. I smiled upon reappearing from behind my hands. He cried. Scary foreign...

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prrrrl on October 4, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Beijing, 2010 or Liaoning, 2013. They are appear to be mixed up!

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