Dinner time Adventures.

Wow.

(You know this post is going to be good when I start with wow!)

Tonight Mr. Ren (the assistant director) took us to dinner with some of his friends that are in charge of educating the youth of this region about the Communist party.

We were all a little apprehensive wondering what questions they might ask about why we do what we do.

I took some notes at dinner.

Let me type exactly what I wrote and really confuse you, and then I’ll explain:

Cheers:

Welcome to Chenzhou

Happy Days

5 others for no reason

Annie (and then tried to kiss her)

Wine?!?

Food:

Pigeon

Snails

Duck

Fish with the fins on

Chicken feet

Tofu

Snails

Raw Salmon

They said they are glad to be here with us.

Want to do anything they can to help us enjoy our stay.

Refused steamed bread offer!

Group photo times 15

Confused yet? Let me explain.

We refused their offer of wine so they toasted with that, and us with Pepsi.

They toasted to happy days ahead and to welcome us to CZ.

Then, as the meal went on they kept toasting each other for no apparent reason.

Annie really shined at dinner tonight and so they toasted her.

And then they called her a star.

And then one of the men tried to kiss her.

And that’s where we drew the line.

Given the amount of wine flowing in them, im surprised it didn’t get louder in there.

We thought they wanted to talk business with us, but im thinking really they just wanted a reason to party.

They said they were happy we were there and that they would help in any way possible.

Then they noticed towards the end of the meal that we weren’t the hugest fans of their exotic cuisine, so they offered to order us steamed bread.

If you can believe it, we refused the offer.

Because it was getting late and the wine drinkers were getting louder.

So to end the meal we took a group picture and then said our thank yous and goodbyes.

I have never been so happy to see our hotel in my life.

Oh yeah, here’s some food pictures:

Fried sea cucumber

Fish. Notice the head and the tail still attached!

Pigeon, surrounded by bacon and sausage stuffed with egg.

Duck. Notice the head and bill on the right!

I bet you're really hungry now, aren't you! ;-)