"So what do Americans eat besides steak, bread and milk?"
"Um, lots of things..." *Chapter 14 of first year Chinese flashes before my eyes*
"What, like McDonald's and KFC?"
I made my way down to Tianjin yesterday to see Mandi, who has a (really nice!) apartment in the dead center of town near the Hai River. I get in the cab in Beijing thinking, "Hey, I took this train before, I know what I'm doing...'To Beijing Station, sir!'" But lo and behold, they have a new train between Tianjin and Beijing that runs at 340 km/h and gets you there in 30 minutes of ride time for an eight dollar ticket. The same cab driver who was confused about American eating habits helpfully informed me that I actually wanted to go to the *new* train station, which was built since I was here in 2006. This runs to the still under construction new station in Tianjin, of course. I can't say I envy the young female employees assigned to attempt to herd the Chinese into lines, though.
This morning Mandi and I hit the local grocery store. Blueberry potato chips. Delicious.
Thanks for all of your comments so far!
