I made it through the 2nd week in Dalian. The weather is still cold and windy. Actually, the people here is telling me that they don't leave their heavy coat at home until the first week in April. This will be a long winter for me and I am counting the days and weeks to March. I brought three coats with me from the US and none of them can handle this type of weather. I should have brought the Cowboys jacket with the hood. And I wish I had brought with me a scarf and a knitted hat of some kind. Oh well!
I normally eat lunch at the IBM campus but this week, a couple of IBM colleagues wanted to take me to the local restaurants for the local dishes. I really like the "hot pots" dish. Each of us get our own pot at the table and dip vegies, different types of meats and seafood. I have seen similar dishes in chinatown but this one is quite unique. They also really like mouton (sheep) meat.
We visited Xinghai square after lunch one day this week and it's really a nice tourist attraction. I can imagine what it would be like during the warmer months. They really are proud of their squares here especially Xinghai. They kept saying that this Xinghai square is the largest square in eastern Asia and that would include the Tiananmen square in Beijing. Because of the deadly wind, we were able to walk around briefly to take some pictures (you probably can tell from the pictures as the wind was blowing from the Yellow Sea).
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