My first breakfast in China:

I know I am not doing the Chinese thing.  I will struggle with food on this holiday, and I will try my best, but Chinese breakfast looks like the most difficult thing to get used to.  I need corn flakes!

Took a look round the hotel and spotted these guys…

My friends tell me they call them “spider-men”.  Pretty scary.

One thing I noticed was how many birds there were, all twittering away in the gardens.  A Chinese friend once told me you don’t see/hear birds in China.  One thing I now know is not true – there are a lot!

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