We ventured back to Tiananmen Square again today, since the weather was nicer. The line for Chairman Mao was way too long, and you weren't allowed to bring in anything--if you had a camera they would make you throw it away. I wasn't too keen on seeing Mao so I held onto Pieter and Dave's stuff while they went in. They weren't that impressed either, so we left.
That night I went with the hostel to a chinese acrobatics show. It was awesome, but we weren't allowed to take any pictures. There were jugglers, bike riders, flexible ladies, and girl who creepily bent their heads to the side in unison.
After the show I went with this Swiss girl (also at the show) to this excellent hole in the wall restaraunt who must have used the Chinese google to translate their menu into English. There were dishes like "Exploding Buddha Crotch" and "The water boils the beef". We tried to get the buddha crotch but they were out.
I got some nan bread, but nan also means "difficult" in Chinese, which the bread kinda was, to eat. Indian Nan it wasn't. The peanuts in vinegar dish was amazing, as was the cucumber salad, but I was taking a risk eating cold stuff that was probably washed in tap water. It was worth it.
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