Yay for random fun nights in China!
So yesterday, Zach and I decided to try our new passes for Mountain Resort. It was gorgeous! We only spent 1.5 hours there, and we maybe saw 1% of all there was to see. We'll definitely be going back. But that wasn't the beginning of the randomness. The beginning ca
me when we were on our way to meet the Normal people. Zach and I saw this mini carnival thing on the other side of the street, and on the off chance that there might be something interesting going on, we decided to stop. Lo and behold, we discovered a roller skating rink behind some hedges! So randomly, Zach and I rented roller skates for 10 qui a piece and went roller skating! We wound up calling the Normal people, which showed up 1/2 hour later, and we convinced Megan to skate with us. Chris and Travis went exploring because on the grounds with the skating rink, Zach and I noticed a trampoline, inflatable jumpy thing for kids, dancing, mini car rental, a playground, and pool! We'll definitely be coming back (BTW, Zach and I found a Tai Chi group in Mtn Resort and we're thinking about trying to join by just showing up every week). Unfortunately we had to leave because it was getting late and we hadn't eaten yet.
Tonigh, we went to dinner and the bar with Matt, a previous Drake student who has been in Chengde for three years. We went to this little barbeque joint that nobody in America would dream of walking into in the US, it was that sketchy. But the food was AMAZING! We got etamame, these spicy green peppers, perfectly spiced chicken wings on a stick (ji chuan er), and mutton on a stick (yang rou chuan er). I could have eaten all 30 of the mutton sticks by myself, they were so good. From there, Zach, Matt, Jimy, and Fu Long (Lotus) met up with the Normal people and went to "Bar Street." The drinks are about 2x more expensive than in the states, but it's a bar, not a KTV, with vodka, JD, and American beers. I wound up playing pool (the pool sticks are abnormally thin) with some Chinese guys who bought me some drinks. It's funny how there is an internation pool language... I think the Chinese guy was purposely losing to make the game more interesting. We wound up sitting and talking with them for a while after pool, our group and the Chinese guys. They were really cool. We were helping them with English and they were helping us with Chinese.
After the bar, we went to McDonalds, which is open 24-7, and we determined it's the new Perkins/IHOP/Paul Reveres. We now call it McPerkins. Yay for late-night drunk eating! Too bad there wasn't a drive through or it would have been just like McDonalds walk-through at Drake!
So yesterday, Zach and I decided to try our new passes for Mountain Resort. It was gorgeous! We only spent 1.5 hours there, and we maybe saw 1% of all there was to see. We'll definitely be going back. But that wasn't the beginning of the randomness. The beginning ca
me when we were on our way to meet the Normal people. Zach and I saw this mini carnival thing on the other side of the street, and on the off chance that there might be something interesting going on, we decided to stop. Lo and behold, we discovered a roller skating rink behind some hedges! So randomly, Zach and I rented roller skates for 10 qui a piece and went roller skating! We wound up calling the Normal people, which showed up 1/2 hour later, and we convinced Megan to skate with us. Chris and Travis went exploring because on the grounds with the skating rink, Zach and I noticed a trampoline, inflatable jumpy thing for kids, dancing, mini car rental, a playground, and pool! We'll definitely be coming back (BTW, Zach and I found a Tai Chi group in Mtn Resort and we're thinking about trying to join by just showing up every week). Unfortunately we had to leave because it was getting late and we hadn't eaten yet.Tonigh, we went to dinner and the bar with Matt, a previous Drake student who has been in Chengde for three years. We went to this little barbeque joint that nobody in America would dream of walking into in the US, it was that sketchy. But the food was AMAZING! We got etamame, these spicy green peppers, perfectly spiced chicken wings on a stick (ji chuan er), and mutton on a stick (yang rou chuan er). I could have eaten all 30 of the mutton sticks by myself, they were so good. From there, Zach, Matt, Jimy, and Fu Long (Lotus) met up with the Normal people and went to "Bar Street." The drinks are about 2x more expensive than in the states, but it's a bar, not a KTV, with vodka, JD, and American beers. I wound up playing pool (the pool sticks are abnormally thin) with some Chinese guys who bought me some drinks. It's funny how there is an internation pool language... I think the Chinese guy was purposely losing to make the game more interesting. We wound up sitting and talking with them for a while after pool, our group and the Chinese guys. They were really cool. We were helping them with English and they were helping us with Chinese.
After the bar, we went to McDonalds, which is open 24-7, and we determined it's the new Perkins/IHOP/Paul Reveres. We now call it McPerkins. Yay for late-night drunk eating! Too bad there wasn't a drive through or it would have been just like McDonalds walk-through at Drake!
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