Ric Swenson on wed 25 jul 07
Tony,
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Not to worry about the food. It's all good. Eat yoghurt with that acidophy=
lis stuff in it. Good for your tummy.
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I'm travelling now and the food in the North is a little different but I s=
till watch the food being cooked if I can. Beijing is a big city but IMHO =
much easier to get around than ShangHai. Hutongs are very interesting neig=
hborhoods...originally they were the locations of tradesmen who raised hors=
es/mules, made clothing for the court, did ceramics or metal work...etc, th=
ey gradually became large houses with nice courtyards, then since the revol=
ution have become walled up single family dwellings...some VERY small. cour=
tyards are disappearing quickly...especially with coming of Olympics in 380=
days .....08/08/08.
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Duck is the best meal here, but the bao zi (dumplings) here is good too. Th=
e fish is better in the South and even the river fish in JingDeZhen are mo=
re tasty than the fish I have had here....but then I have only been here fo=
r a week. Next week to Mongolia to have mutton Barbeque...yes...the WHOLE =
Sheep!
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LOTS more Westerners in Beijing than in JDZ....but mostly Europeans....Russ=
ians, Slavs, Spaniards, French,...not many Americans. I did meet a girl ye=
sterday who's studying art history at Dartmouth College and working for a s=
emester at the '798' art scene, galleries in NW BeiJing. Saw a show of Phi=
llip Pearlstein's paintings and LOTS of sculpture, ceramics and painting.=20
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China is great....even the Great Wall is GREAT.
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Regards,
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Ric=20
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( I had 339 e-mails to read this morning...after a week of not checking the=
mail, In addition to a lot of CLAYART postings, I had several dozen "plea=
se help me" notices from Mumbato in Mumbasa and many greetings from UK Lott=
ery....I am again told that I am a winner! =20
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BTW....That reminds me of the cartoon of a sausage standing at his mailbox =
reading the notice from Ed McMahon that stated " You may already be a wiene=
r!)
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