Wallace's Wonderful Adventure: On The Road Again

Todd went to work and at 12:00 we picked him up and headed to Beijing. Once there we went to Tom's DVD Shop in the new location. We found some movies and then headed to the Western store next door. We bought some pretzel rolls and bologna for Cameron to eat for lunch.

We then went to Yashow Market. We had never been there. As we were headed up the escalator I heard my name. Herman and his mom were going down the escalator next to us. Pretty funny. We bought a big Chinese Lego set and a pair of sock shoes for Cameron. Todd is king of negotiations. Once he starts Cameron and I walk away so he can work his magic. He some how always wins.

No, these are not King Kong's feet.

So funky to look at.

As we were leaving the market there was a guy selling DVD's. We stopped to check out what he had and bought some. We were headed to the van and all of a sudden I see Carrie Barsi Toland. I knew she was in town and we were meeting for dinner but it is hilarious when you run into people on the street that you know. It isn't like Beijing is a small place. We chatted for a few minutes then made plans to pick her up at her hotel at 7:00.

Our next stop was to The Tree. It is a pizza place we have heard about. We decided to go have a drink there and check out the menu. It was a little hard to find. It is by Around the Tree and Beside the Tree. Seriously, those are the names of the 3 places. Once inside The Tree we had a drink and then left. Mr. Xue was parked a little ways away so we started walking. Then walking faster because it was getting dark and very windy. A storm was brewing. We found him just as it started to rain. Jump in the van, take off, and it started to pour. We decided to just go to the hotel.

Sitting at the bar at The Tree.

Cheers.

The storm is coming.

Checked in and headed up to the 25th floor. We watched the lightning and rain but it was a pretty short storm. We headed to the lounge for snacks and drinks. We looked out the windows and could actually see the mountains. This doesn't happen very often. The rain washed enough of the pollution away and it looked so neat.

The storm clouds.

The mountains. It was much clearer in person.

At 7:00 we went to Carrie's hotel. They were in the lounge having a drink so we joined them. She had 2 co-workers with her. We headed to Home Plate BBQ for dinner. When we ordered the waiter came back and was trying to tell us something. It sounded like he said they were out of everything. Todd went over to someone who spoke more English. As it turned out the waiter was afraid we ordered too much food. We kept our order the same but got a laugh out of it. The food was awesome. Cameron ordered a rack of ribs. They were huge so he only ended up eating half. It was a great dinner and it was fun to have Carrie and Cindy join us. We dropped the girls back off at their hotel and headed to our hotel. Cameron watched a pirate movie but Todd and I fell asleep during it. I woke up and Cameron was out cold too. I woke him up to put him to bed. He said he watched the whole movie though. Not sure about that. Off to bed.