Oh am I ready for my bed! Today has gone well, but the heat is really taking it out of me. We've managed to get through the initial negotiations regarding the collaboration, so tomorrow will not be so intense.
Dinner tonight was in the brand new international convention centre. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it in my life! The reception was in an atrium 3 storeys high and completely lined with marble. It would make a great ballroom dancing space.
The food was good - I am having a little trouble with being a vegetarian, mainly because they don't serve rice or noodles, as these are the "poor man's fillers". So I'm eating a lot of lovely bok choi, mushrooms and tofu, but my goodness do I crave some carbohydrate.
Our companions for the night were some university classmates of our Chinese colleague, along with other academic staff that he knows. It was lovely to see D smiling and being happy with his friends, and it was a lot more relaxed than the formal dinner last night. A great deal of Chinese red wine was consumed on their part and it got quite silly at one point. Very fun.
Tomorrow we will get to see some of Guangzhou city itself!
Sight of the day:
- Roadside knicker stand.
Bizarre realisation of the day:
- I can post to my blog, but not read it.... Chinese internet blocking in action
1 comment:
how strange that you can post but not view, how interesting too. It sounds brilliant though. Much envy (then again, I'm a little envious of any travel at the moment simply because we haven't got any travel (other than moving to an unknown location) on the cards...)
Speak soooooon
xxx
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