After lunch Jose, Katie, Jessica, and I wandered over to another part of town that we had not been around, and stumbled upon a really neat street market, lots of clubs, the stadium site of the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Trust Mart (a Wal-Mart of China), and lots of little stores in a mall. At the street market I purchased a cute little stone turtle after bickering for a lower price (20 Yuan/3 dollars). We spent several hours in the Trust Mart buying little odds and ends and seeing some interesting foods. There were actually live frogs and turtles available for purchase (and not meant to be a pet either!). After stopping by a McDonalds to see the differences between the Chinese menu and the American menu, we ate at Pizza Hut. Now, this Pizza Hut is not like any Pizza Hut you’ve been to before….it is very, very nice. The menu has pizza, but also many other things like fine dishes from all over the world. Jose and I started our meal with a green tea ice cream shake.
Then, we all shared some escargot (snails) and a supreme pizza. It was a nice meal and a very clean restaurant, which to be honest was a nice change. It was a little surreal to eat in an upscale Pizza Hut, but was a very nice change from the food I have been eating lately. After dinner we had an evening meeting tonight to discuss our goals for the program. Below is a view of the aforementioned Pizza Hut.
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I know trying the foods in a foreign country is a lot of fun, but sometimes, when I was in Mexico for three weeks, all I wanted was some good, old-fashioned American food. I would think the language barrier would get frustrating. Does it? Wow, I just realized that these questions will probably never get answered because you can't see the blog. Oh well.
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