16.09.13
We’ve made it through another busy
week! I was called in to cover three double classes so that was interesting and
a senior teacher observed one of my classes – of course it was the day that my
little angels decided to be a complete nightmare but that’s life! We wanted to
do something on our day off so we decide to head to Houhai Lake for a relaxing
day in the sun!
Having already been to Beihai Park
I imagined Houhai would be similar but it was less of a park and more of a lake
which was actually really nice as the lake is surrounded by some really cool
bars, restaurants and lots of winding hutongs.
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| I think this cat looks like a model! |
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| Some men cleaning the river... I think! |
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| The Chinese version of the Pickie Swans! |
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| Fishing! |
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| The Bell Tower |
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| One man and his dog. They even looked alike! |
After checking our Lonely Planet
guide we decided to stop off at a local restaurant to try the recommended
Peking Duck. I’ve never eaten duck before and the idea of chowing down on what
was once a cute little duckling didn’t really appeal to me but it’s a
speciality out here so I thought I should at least give it a try. After a long
wait the chef came out and using a huge knife set about cutting and slicing
like a true pro. Rory got stuck in and thoroughly enjoyed his duck but I didn’t
have the same pleasant experience. I picked at some of the meat and I will
admit that when it was all wrapped in the pancake it wasn’t bad but then I made
the mistake of trying to eat the crispy skin. That seemed to trigger all the
animal associations and I just couldn’t eat anything without gagging. It
probably sounds melodramatic but I genuinely felt like I was in the midst of a
Bush Tucker Trial on “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here”. It’s strange to think that mental association
can override taste and cause such a violet physical response. So while Rory
assures me that it was nice, I think it’s safe to say that I’ll never be eating
duck again! Despite the duck disaster we had a really nice day and took some sneaky snaps!
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| Our little chef |
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