Details, details, and the bikes arrive! 6/16/14

We spend much of the morning taking care of final details before Courtney, Brad, and Glenda arrive tomorrow.  There’s a pretty strong chance of rain when they get here.  We were planning on taking taxis to eat dinner, but getting a taxi in the rain, at Sanlitun is a nightmare.  We start scrambling trying to get a van to take us around, and maybe even drive around and see some of the lights of Beijing after dark.  I also have to pick up my Chinese visa. It’s been at the passport office for three weeks. Then Judy and I go over to Metro for some grocery shopping.

We get back in time to meet Deb and Graham. They’re giving us their bikes (which were given to them). We’re excited to have them. It should make some of our local travel a little less daunting. Lots of things we do in the area requires a pretty long hike, but too short to justify a taxi.

The four of us taxi over to Sanlitun, where we’re meeting a group at Luga’s, an Italian/Mexican/German food restaurant. The Mexican food is really good, and, as so many things in Beijing, the “set lunch” special is really cheap.

We enjoy a couple of hours eating and visiting, and eventually say our goodbyes, and depart. Deb and Graham are off to Cambodia, via Bali. They “adopted” us when we arrived and took us around to lots of great restaurants. They also specialized in finding good “street food”. I’ve enjoyed eating in some really interesting places with them. They’ll be missed!

Judy and I head to the Marriott. I’m get in a swim session, and Judy walks over to the Lady Street Market. She needs to get some kind of curling iron for Glenda. It’ll keep Glenda from hauling one from home, and possibly burning it up on the current over here. Converters are not much good on items that create heat, we’ve been told. She finds a good one, and has fun bargaining the price down.

We get home in time to message the kids back in the US. They’re at the airport, and boarding has begun. We’re excited!  We’ll see them in 21 hours!

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