Sunday Around Town

Headed into town twice today. Getting the hang of the tram no problem.

Went in first with Tom the Aussie and Song Dan to look for a printer. Got a cheapie one in Carrefour. Bought some other stuff there including some freshly baked bread. I hope it's nice compared to the manufactured-tasting stuff you buy in packets. Now, if I could only get fresh milk. Those are 2 things I miss from the motherland! I tells ya, that Carrefour is amazing. You can buy anything there and there is a huge selection. Even in the bakery, there is tons of stuff! You can buy anything from a fridge to fruit!

Tom tells me there's a place in town where you can get a western breakfast for 15 yuan (€1.50) with your bacon and eggs and all that. It's expensive but we could go once or twice.

I caved today and went to McDonald's! We were in a rush, so we grabbed a burger. That was the excuse anyway! As with KFC, McD's is quite expensive for what you get!

Anyway, here is a pic of the street taken while we were waiting for a tram. Not very interesting but I haven't been to most of Dalian yet.


The poor visibility there was due to a sea fog. Since the air smelled very clean, I don't think it was de to pollution. This ain't Beijing!

We had an interesting experience on the tram home. I think what happened was that a guy accidentally broke something (probablysomethingg she bought) before getting on the tram. The 2 of them had a shouting match for 15 minutes. More and more people startedgatheringg around in the tram and some got involved. Great entertainment!

So, after dropping the shopping back, I headed into town again to meet Peter (from Ireland) and his girlfriend Mia. They were in the big electronics place. We looked at some DVDs, only 6 yuan each (around 60 euro cents). Pretty cheap. They bought some. I reckon I'll come back some afternoon by myself and stock up! Maybe I can get some to show the students!

After that, we sat down for a while and went or some Mi Xian (rice noodles a la Yunnan). Quite tasty but not as cheap as in XiShuangBanNa!!!

Here' a pic of myself and Peter beside an interesting sculpture made of metal fish...