Weekend 4: A Walk in the Park

On Friday night we went out to celebrate Werner's 35th birthday. We went to a 'Western' restaurant called the High Life, which is the closest thing you'll get to any Western food here. I ordered a steak and fries. My steak was ordered medium but looked a little more on the rare side. It was a fun dinner and we met another American who just got to town, Brandon. He's teaching at another school and it was his first time meeting our eclectic group.

After dinner we went to Mini Club of course. No one was really in the mood to go out so we soon left, but not before we took a few photos!

Scott, Sarah, and Jerra outside of Mini Club:

Some random pictures of Qiqihar. Including the jiao zi place we love to eat at. 

Some performers outside of RT Mart for the Mid-Autumn Festival:

On Saturday Scott, Jerra, Sarah and I went for a walk in Longsha Park, which is right by our school. It was a beautiful day and was really nice to get outside. We broke down and payed 20 kuai to go on this mini-race track thing. It was pretty ridiculous and all these Chinese people were staring at the weird four foreigners riding around on these mini cars.

Jerra riding in her car:

Sarah in hers:

We then just walked around in a big circle 'island hopping' as I like to call it since the lake has a bunch of little islands that are connected by bridges. We stopped at the playground for a bit. Playground is a little but of an understatement since most of the playgrounds here are for adults and old people. They are filled with work out equipment, which I think is a fantastic idea. We didn't do much else so I'll let the pictures do the explaining.

Testing out the workout equipment in the park:

Where paths lead in China...:

Some great Chinglish:

Posing under some giant mushrooms:

Mahjong outside of the temple: