We are just back from the Chinese restaurant where we asked for chopsticks. Not only that, we also wanted them to explain us how to eat with these things (in a language that we understand…). So we got a little “how-to-eat-with-chopsticks” course. While I was getting quite well along with it, and Jakob was spoiling all his food on the table and making a mess, the Chinese girl just stayed around us and gave some advice about China. So while she was anyway staying around most of the time talking to us, I showed her a copy of the most important Chinese words and asked her to tell us how you should say these words. So while concentrating on eating with chopsticks we also got a little Chinese course. Yes, we are ready for China, after all in less than 48 hours the airplane takes off…
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That sounds like a fun trip to a restaurantt – but are you certain that you described the eating-part correctly? I’m sure you’re gonna have a trip of a lifetime! Give me a call before you leave Europe. ;o)
Actually it’s quite true that while Jolanda’s part of the table was irritatingly clean, mine looked like a disaster area with rice and sauce mixing with eachother around the table…
Anyway, I did manage to go home with a full stomach.
Sounds like you guys are well prepared. Never heard of people taking eating lessons before holiday!! 😉
Hi.
I´ll be following you, tailing you, some say.
You didn´t take a slowboat to china. You took them by surprise.
In three weeks you´ll never learn to understand a chinese civilisation, that is thousands of years ahead of our european one.
Don´t even try. There are lots of things to understand.
My piece of advice: Feel China. Feel people. Feel Jolanda. Feel Jakob. Be out of time.
It happens – you have to rely on each other – in a new way. And you´ll learn about china – and about yourselves. In a way you never experienced before.
“Og hvem er da De?” spurgte han.
“En sædvanlig Rejsende,” svarede jeg,
“en Rejsende, der betaler for Befordringen.
Og hvem er De?”
H.C.Andersen: I Sverrig.
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Just took a look ´round here. Nice heavy armchairs, probably french, african leather, would´nt you say so, my deer? So sorry, you really don´t fancy my compliments, my dear, do you?
Forget about our silly comments. I´m sure, we can entertain ourselves.
I´ll take this chair, and I will disappear.
Till when?
“En dag vil jeg bestige toppen
Og se hvor små de andre bjerge er.”
Du Fu
– telling true stories to me about Tibet:
– chop, chop, chop, chop -learning by living – chop…
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