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I Found Food

Chinese Spaghetti

They tasted sweet, hot and not like Italian spaghetti but it was the best food I’ve gotten here so far. And that for only 15 Yuan, about 1,50 Euro. They also have pizza (38 to 48 Yuan) and free delivery. I’m pretty sure this was not the last time I ate there.

On Campus

Blankets on the campus

Blankets on the campus

Walking to the cafeteria

Walking to the cafeteria

Someone said that there would be vegetarian food at the Muslim cafeteria so we tried to find it. Without success. The thing is that you can’t just ask someone because hardly anyone speaks English and our Chinese is horrible. I finally had to take rice with vinegar and pepper things… I’ve never eaten so little since being in China. The day before yesterday I bought a whole bunch of candy but it also doesn’t taste. Ah mei.

Rice at the cafeteria

When we left the cafeteria we found out that the Muslim one was right next to it:

Muslim cafeteria
Chinese students in uniforms

Students at their mandatory basic military training. At least that’s what I was told.

In the Middle

A friend and I met at the metro station Zhongtan Road, half the way for both of us, and walked through a compound near Suzhou Creek.

Compound near Zhongtan Road

This could also be a shot of Paris.

Compound near Zhongtan Road
Compound near Zhongtan Road
Compound near Zhongtan Road
Compound near Zhongtan Road
Toilet near Zhongshan Road

The facility only had one normal toilet which the old lady unlocked for me. The rest were squat ones.

Near Zhongshan Road
Chinese restaurant

We chose this restaurant and Nanx ordered the food via cellphone. Even though I painted animals and fish I didn’t manage to tell them that we wanted something vegetarian.

Chinese vegetarian food

Downtown Shanghai

Razor Ad

At first I thought this would be a mixture of a razor with an mp3 player though it looks more like a vacuum cleaner on this picture:

Razor Ad

A Chinese friend told me it definitely is a razor but I still don’t get it.

Nanjing Road

Nanjing Road

Nanjing Road

A chopsticks shop

Police at Nanjing Road
Police at Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road
Lanterns on Nanjing Road

Lanterns on Nanjing Road

Vegetarian restaurant on Nanjing Road

Unfortunately we didn’t eat there. But thanks to my Chinese friend I finally got something without meat, fish, …:

Chinese noodles with vegetables

It looks very typical. They also serve these things at school.

Chinese noodles, sour

This is another, sour one.

Chinese noodles with egg and meat

And one with meat. But even the none vegeterians didn’t like it.

The soya egg

The soya egg. I learned that it’s impolite to spear something with the chopsticks but I still have no idea how to eat the egg otherwise.

Cloud Nine Shopping Mall

Cloud Nine Shopping Mall
Cloud Nine Shopping Mall
Sushi

The first time I’ve been to a Sushi bar. I found out that I’m not that much of a Sushi fan.

Sushi
Hand Dryer
Hand Dryer

Scentless

It’s fascinating again and again that there’s absolutely no smoke smell in clothes anymore. Not even after four hours in a bar. Wow.

Smoking Ban

Wow, it’s now possible to go to a pub without washing my clothes after only having been there for ten minutes. Why did that take so long?

Helsinki With Two Vegans

First view of Finland

A first view of Finland while disembarking

M/S Mariella in Helsinki

M/S Mariella in Helsinki

Finn's favorite letters

Finn’s favorite letters on a poster in the tram

Tourist intruding Finish living space

Tourist intruding Finish living space

Downtown Helsinki

Downtown Helsinki

Counter area of a Finish bank

Counter area of a Finish bank

Helsinki Cathedral

Helsinki Cathedral

Ship seen from Helsinki Cathedral

Ship seen from Helsinki Cathedral

House with display in Helsinki

Building with display

Helsinki Central railway station

Helsinki Central railway station

Vegetable cheese pasta

Vegetable cheese pasta, not vegan

Looking vegan food

Near central station, too expensive

Looking vegan food

Perfect restaurant with dishes without “any animal matters”. Doesn’t serve à la carte food until 3 pm.

Vegetarian chicken

Vegetarian chicken

Chinese restaurant with vegan food

Final destination

Rice noodles with vegetables

My Rice noodles with vegetables

Noodles with vegetables and separated egg

One-week vegan’s noodles with vegetables and separated egg.

Tofu

Hardcore vegan’s tofu with vegetables

Finish record store

Finish record store

Pedestrian lights in Helsinki

Pedestrian lights

M/S Viking XPRS being built in Helsinki

M/S Viking XPRS being built in Helsinki

Posters aboard M/S Mariella

Advertising for tax free shopping everywhere aboard M/S Mariella.

Plants, Marriages and Survival Tips

  1. Flight Mechanics I is not Flight Mechanics II. The same applies for the exams.
  2. Mechanics exams were longer two years ago.
  3. On a late trip to the botanical garden it’s advisable to visit the greenhouses first.
  4. If you want someone reluctant to come along, you just need to find the right person for asking.
  5. Bavarian politician Gabriele Pauli wants marriage to automatically end after seven years unless it’s been renewed.
  6. Coming back from Sweden to Germany is like switching from a monthly to a strip ticket.
  7. Pizza in TribüHne is inexpensive and tasty.
  8. You better don’t eat anything in China and use tap water only for showering, bottled water for everything else.

Max Emanuel

With Max Emanuel, located near the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, I got to know another [beer garden](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer garden) today. Unfortunately, it wasn’t warm enough to sit outside. The interior is nice as well, but hm, it’s not a beer garden so I’ll definitely return in summer 2009.