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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Condos and KFC

Rest Day in Lanzhou
October 23rd
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Spent several hours in an internet cafe today, weighing different options for Toronto condos. Hope to get that finalized soon. Otherwise, it was typical rest day activities: laundry (none in the hotel so I did it in the bathtub) and bike cleaning (a friendly man with a high-pressure hose did all the work...and refused to take any money).

Had a chicken burger at a KFC, which is the first western restaurant we've seen in ages. (I know...I know...KFC is not usually my favorite either.) Had noodle soup and dumplings for lunch, with help ordering from a bilingual customer...from Toronto. Great dinner staring sweet corn fritters and beef stir fry.

Nicole was feeling much better today, and plans to ride tomorrow. Not sure about Trine. She and Max decided to skip the next 6 days of cycling by taking a train to Xian. Presumably they were not excited by the prospect of more cold weather cycling. Max did not have any pants or leg warmers on when we rode through the blizzard!

Impressive escalators in the big mall (with the KFC):

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