Thoughts and Travels

5.10.2008 Walking to West Lake

Well, I woke up this morning and didn’t feel that great.  My stomach was bothering me, so I stayed in for a little bit, but then decided to walk to West lake.  It took longer than I expected, but when I got there it was beautiful.  I was surprised at the number of American franchises I saw along the way.  Starbucks, KFC, Papa Johns, the Apple store, Moneygram, Western Union, etc. There were throngs of people milling about everywhere though.  It was almost hard to walk there at all there were so many people.

I did break down and actually went to get a small coffee at Starbucks.  It was good coffee though and I’m glad that I got a decent coffee here.  I have been drinking “Nescafe” but that just doesn’t quite do it.  

The walk back was uneventful, but I didn’t really feel that great when I got back so I ended up napping and reading the rest of the afternoon.  I did get a call from Liu Hai Lin in the evening asking if I could help review her daughter’s English essay for school.  I went in to the office and helped them out and then went shopping for something to eat because I was feeling a bit better by this point. 

In a couple days, I’m heading to South Korea to meet up with the ISU folks, so I’m starting to get some things ready here.