Made it to China no sweat! Aside from the 13 hour flight, the loss of an entire day and backing up on the highway in a tour bus, things are great. We had a nice little dinner and a short meeting, which everyone was falling asleep in. Then back to the hotel.
An attempt at sleeping following, hindered by the constant clicking of an outlet next to my bed. We are going to have to get that fixed somehow. I believe we have a full schedule today going over mostly logistical stuff and passing out necessary papers and handouts.
The humidity here is just as bad as St. Louis and the smog and haze are certainly noticeable. I was told we are looking at 97 degrees here today. Should be interesting! Luckily one of the things that the Mizzou organizers felt necessary was to put us up in a place that has air conditioning. So it make things much easier.
Anywho, I'm heading out to our first meeting. Hopefully I can post longer tonight when we have time. Give some cool details because there were plenty just on the ride from the airport.
By the way, the Bird's Nest is just as cool as you think it would be! I'll end things there.
3 comments:
Hey bro! Glad to hear you made it safely! As for the outlet near your bed there is actually a practical reason behind that. A lot of places in China used to (and still do) use electric shock therapy as a form of relaxation. The other is massage parlors. You should give it a try. When in China...
Have fun!
Hey Super E,
Good to hear you go there safely. Sorry I missed your call yesterday. It sounds like you had a lot of fun in Chicago.
I’m glad you had a chance to spend time with mom and dad.
Are you referring to the Bird’s nest soup?? I have heard that the smog was really bad there, I’m curious to learn of the cleanliness of the city.
Also interested if they have signs in English. When we had the Olympics in Atlanta, all of the venue signs were written in English and French.
If I remember French is the official Olympic language. I thought that protocol is that signs are written in French, English and the host country’s language.
Enjoy the unusual food.
Love you
Chris
Eric, glad to hear you made it safely. I have a few food recomendations from a my friend at work who used to live in China. These are apparently a must try. The first is Chinese yogurt called suan nai. She recently went to china for a month with her boyfriend back in january and wouldn't shut up about the stuff for a solid month. Here are her words: "They usually sell them @ stands outside that also have lots of sodas, etc. or at the entrance of shopping centers. In Chinese it’s called 'suan nai'—meaning literally sour milk.
He should also get some lamb kabobs…it’s delicious on a hot summer day to eat spicy lamb kabobs and drink cold suan nai." Also, her boyfriend is a huge pingpong fan, so if you run into Wang Liqin (Chinese Olympic Pingpong Master) and have the opportunity, you would make his day if you could get his autograph. I have a picture of the yogurt, but i don't know if there is a way to post it. A quick description: comes in a clay jar, with a paper lid held on with a rubber band, and you use a straw to ingest it. Have fun. Keep fightin' the good fight, don't loose your pants, and always remember that everyone loves pizza.
a few links with pictures:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2599701915_a83c5b6735.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/2519966137_4b9363ba97.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/2331657443_a6402721e0.jpg?v=0
Pieces Bro,
Brian
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