Fewer Chinese. I know, go figure, right? For some reason, no one wants to look for gung-bao chicken or a pagoda made of fried port fat. Sheesh. What's up with that? Even the idea of egg rolls won't tempt them.
Nope, nothing wrong here folks. There is the possibility that I may try to eat something here every. single. day.
Wow.
God Bless free refills on Diet Coke, wherever I can get 'em, too.
Space. Minneapolis really does have the most beautiful green areas and they are everywhere. There's just so much space! Wide open roads. Wide sidewalks. Big stores. And so so so clean. Beijing is actually very clean in that you don't see garbage and junk around very much. But I didn't see anyone spitting, peeing, or pooing, either.
TV. It's all in English. And we are committed to not watching anything that we might see in China, including the history of porn movies (hosted by a completely naked young woman with clearly loads of "experience"), even though it'll be many moons before that bit of history ends up on CCTV.
This really is Ava hugging the television.
GREAT friends. Lisa, whom I saw for 10 minutes while she was jumping in the RV for her Montana trip. Laurie, whose son and Noah pick up as if they only saw each other 9 hours ago, not 9 months. Karen and her new friend Brian, who are great in ways I can't begin to describe--well, Karen is, and since she has exquisite taste (look at her friends, after all) so I assume that Brian will be equally very cool. Lindsay, who is making me insanely jealous because she's moving to SPAIN (that's is so unfair, why can't I move to Spain?) Ann, who is the perfect Barnes and Noble/movie date. SIGH. The truth is, it takes me forever to make friends, really it does. I've known Lisa since I was 10, but the others it took me 20 freakin' years to find. Sigh. I miss them all the time!
Happy to be here!
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I look forward to seeing you!
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