Day 36: Lunch with Lyn

After such a busy few days, I was pleased to have this morning off! I used it for housekeeping: laundry, catching up on e-mails, and a little bit of study (!). At twelve noon, though, I headed off with Andrew to meet the Australian woman, Lyn. She introduced us to two more young Chinese women who both spoke exceptional English. Catherine is studying medicine and Juliana is studying journalism. Both are in their last year at Lan-Da and keen to continue their studies in America.

Lyn lead the group of us to the restaurant 玉清源酒楼　(Yù　Qīng Yuán　Jiŭ Lóu).



Here we had a great selection of dumplings (jiăozi,饺子) – steamed and fried, with pork and with tofu; and sweet and sour pork, pumpkin with lotus bulb and beans. There is a great number of permutations by which you can have your dumplings made, and the first challenge was narrowing it down to a small - selection! The second challenge was finishing them all – something we didn’t achieve, but we gave it our best shot!

Again, the conversation was varied and pleasant. Lyn, Andrew and I found we often had to remind ourselves to slow down so that our Chinese friends could also listen, but a great time was had by all!