We spent most of Friday preparing for upcoming work sessions with our branch office partners.
These guys appeared on the ledge of the building across the way during our morning meeting and proceeded to get to work.
After another fine lunch in the company cafeteria, we took a walk to get some air. We stopped into the Volvo dealership to check on prices. The XC90 is going for about $95K USD in Beijing --- probably twice the asking price in the US. Makes all of the new cars on the streets of Beijing that much more impressive.
In the evening we headed to the Houhai (Ho Hi!) district in search of dumplings. Dinner plus drinks was $15 for three of us. The dumplings and noodle soup was very tasty but we were lacking variety (the waitress was trying to tell us as much but we didn't understand until later).
Houhai is an interesting neighborhood with shops, bars and a small lake in the center.
Almost every bar and restaurant had large TV's showing the World Cup.
Almost every bar and restaurant had large TV's showing the World Cup.
After dinner, it was back to Hotel lounge for some live music by Mandy and Dawn. Lots of Barbra Streisand and Minnie Riperton!
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