On the Thursday evening after arriving, XR (with XJ) picked me up and we went for a meal at an American style restaurant. (She knows … See more...
Tag Archives: Meal
Good Morning Beijing
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 … See more...
Lowering of the Flag
This evening XTH and I went back to Tiananmen Square (天安门广场 ) to watch the flag lowering ceremony.
返回天安门广场观看降旗仪式。
A was able to join us, … See more...
Graduation Ceremonies
Today was the big day of two graduation ceremonies for students who have graduated from the University of Surrey in the last ten years or … See more...
Peking Duck
Returning from the Great Wall, A and LM took me for my first experience of Peking (Beijing) Duck, which was tasty!
Although I liked … See more...
恭王府
So after my shopping trip, I headed to Gōng Wáng Fǔ (恭王府) to meet A and LM. It’s a relatively small place but there’s still … See more...
Surprise Duck
I had met Y at Word Alive in 2014. She had heard I was coming to China and, somewhat out of the blue, arranged to … See more...
Cold Meat and Starbucks
In the evening, AF, JJ and CZT took me for a meal.
It was great to spend time with them and get to know them … See more...
EJ
EJ was waiting for me at Shanghai Hongqiao railway station. It was so good to see her again. She accompanied me to my hotel, where … See more...
CZ
Today CZ took me to Sheshan hill in the West of Shanghai.
We saw several pagoda type buildings (I am sorry to say I have … See more...
Big meal
This evening G and LX had kindly booked a meal, again at a restaurant that served Western food, for a number of friends in Shanghai: … See more...
Happy Lemons
This morning I met DD for a late breakfast. She is so kind: When I arrived at Jin’an Temple station she already had a “Happy … See more...
Tea room
This evening E had booked a table at a place called “誉八仙茶室酒楼”in 新天地店 and LC joined us for a great Chinese meal.… See more...
YS
I will leave Shanghai today. I spent the morning catching up on a few things, packed up and left the hotel a bit later than … See more...
Pizza
Before I got to Hangzhou, CL contacted me asking when I would arrive. She seemed very excited to see me when she met me with … See more...
Broken bridge
After the zoo CL took me to the West Lake (西湖) where we had a meal and a short walk over the “Broken Bridge”, with … See more...
Timing
In the evening, after CL had taken LJ home, XYJ treated me to a sumptuous steak :)
One thing that really struck home to me … See more...
西湖
Yesterday CL said she thought she (and LJ) would be too tired to spend today with me walking around town again. Thankfully LM had already … See more...
Costa II
This evening LM’s friend XY joined us for dinner. I think they knew each other from something called “English Corner”, of which there seem to … See more...
Hot Pot
CJ and PX were waiting for me at the train station in Xiamen! I am not sure I would have recognised them if they hadn’t … See more...
鼓浪屿
Today CW and PX took me to Gulangyu (鼓浪屿), an islet to the South-West of Xiamen island, between the island and the mainland. CW reminisced … See more...
Catan
CJ realised that I struggled a bit with the food yesterday, so for tonight’s dinner he arranged for a friend of his who runs a … See more...
Mountain
CJ took us to a hilly park area (I forgot the name). There were beautiful flowers and views, and lots of couples having wedding photos … See more...
Slightly Damp
British understatement. Shenzhen has heavy rain at the moment and getting worse.
It’s “warm” too.
View of the area near my hotel:
I had some … See more...
CC
CC had asked to meet up, so in the evening I joined her and AW for dinner. It was lovely to catch up with them … See more...
Bear with
Returning from Splendid China, having quickly freshened up in the hotel, I met up with LLL and HLQ. I really enjoyed it. I hope she … See more...
Encouragement
Plans have changed and changed again. OFL took me to look around the “Qilou” (骑楼 ?) – an old part of the city – where … See more...
Dinners
OP and one of her friends took me to lunch.
Then another of OP’s friends, WW, joined us. RMC had invited me back for a … See more...
魔术
I was greeted in Beijing by lovely smiling EZ. Her husband couldn’t join us, as he had to work, but EZ had arranged for a … See more...
Goodbyes
In the evening, HY’s family took me for a meal. This was mainly to meet so that they could give me presents for my Mum … See more...