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<\/a>Judy took this pic of a “breakfast wagon” setting up to serve. Also check out the utility pole. Not quite as bad as Hanoi, but close!<\/p><\/div>\n
After we get everything straight on holidays and iPhones, I walk to the subway for the trip to the Beijing South train station. I\u2019m going to buy my train tickets for next week. I could purchase them online, but there\u2019s a service fee, and I want to make sure I know my way around the station if I\u2019m running late next week. I\u2019m also getting an idea on how long the trip will take. The train to Suzhou will depart at 7:00 am and I won\u2019t have much of a chance for a mistake.<\/p>\n
It took one hour from the apartment door to the top of the escalator, entering the train station. That\u2019s about what I expected. I wasn\u2019t expecting how huge and confusing the station would be. When we traveled on the APEC holiday to Shanghai in November, we arrived in a taxi. I thought we had seen the station. Wrong! There\u2019s another huge level below everything we saw before with too many eateries to count.<\/p>\n
I found a ticket office, made my purchase, and headed back to the subway. The whole adventure took 2 \u00bd hours. Next was a swim session followed by lunch. Lilly\u2019s mom was finished when I got back from swimming. I planned on going over to the table tennis park, but it\u2019s too windy. I end up working on a school presentation for the 12 graders.<\/p>\n
The school emailed asking if I could do a 2-hour session on college life, as it relates to football games, etc. I found a few things to add to what I already have, and called it an afternoon.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Wednesday, so the \u201cfoodie\u201d group from my school is heading to a burger place. The destination is Slow Boat Brewpub. I\u2019ve heard and read about it before. I kept hearing it was in the middle of a hutong. They weren\u2019t kidding. I could have never found it without someone leading us. It was way down a narrow alley, and the sign on the non-descript door was small. The burger was really good, as well as the fries. There were five of us, and we had a great evening of enjoying the food and solving life\u2019s problems475<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When our ayi walks in around 8:00 am, she\u2019s talking to her daughter, Lilly. Lilly updates me on her mom\u2019s work schedule over the next week. China has a national \u201cLabor Day\u201d holiday May 1, but her mom is going … Continue reading