Monday i went to work and found out they started Spring Festival at the plants on Saturday. This was after asking what day the plants were taking down, basically since I arrived. Anyway, the office Clerical started their holiday on Tuesday. I decided to go ahead and go over to Weifang, where I am flying out of to Beijing on Friday, as there are western eating establishments and Changyi apparently empties out during the holiday.
Lela will arrive in Beijing on Saturday.
Tonight, I went down to the restaurant and the lady at the door said they were full. I remembered that during checkin, they tokld us they served food in the bar, so I went in there. I wasn't really hungry, but I thought I might sit in the bar an read awhile, as there were no other customers in there. i havn't had but maybe 1 drink in 15 years, so I wasn't looking for alcohol, either. I ordered an orange juice and shortly afterwards the bartender girl got a phone call and apparently it was from the restaurant and let her know I was turned away from there. She showed me the menu, so I ordered a club-type sandwich and another orange juice. I thought I might as well have a Bloody Mary (They spell it Marry on the menu). I was sitting at the bar reading and, after showing the girl I would like a Bloody Mary, noticed she poured Chevas Regal in a stainless measuring cup. I told her that was wrong and she got a notebook with the 'recipes' written for her. I pointed at the vodka and told her she needed to use it. She poured vodka, the squeezed the life out of a lemon. That was ok with me, but the club soda made me think she was headed in the wrong direction again. I finally showed her the translations for tomato and for juice and she had a young man come over from the restaurant with a bowl of tomato wedges. She garnished it with a green cherry. They spent 30 minutes trying to make it. This is just wrong.
In Weifang, I found another Medical shop/hostipal. As the picture shows, it has red crosses on the windows. I did not take a picture directly in, as I wouldn't want someone to take if it was me.
It is in the low 30's (F), but there are some extremely strong wings at the intersections downtown. One is brittle if they spend any time in those areas.
The roasted chickens and the butcher shop is inside the Wal Mart.
They heat with coal in some areas. I guess they purchase it by the bucket. No one has sufficient heat, even my hotel isn't warm, but it is much better than the locals have.
Until Saturday, the canal in Changyi had been empty.
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