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Eighteenth day in China – July 29 Saturday

Up early, maybe before 7:30AM. Again, I let Susan sleep, waking her about 10:00AM.

Most of the heavier weather had already passed, but there was still overcast and occasional rain falling. We had breakfast from stuff in the apartment. Later I went out to bring lunch back from Burger King, finding that — if I chose my route correctly — I could stay underneath the overhangs of buildings all the way there and back.

Susan and I watched a couple of movies I had stored on my laptop. She made arrangements to meet Kevin and Mei‑li and Amber for pizza across the street in the evening.

The two of us did general reading in the meantime, then about 6:20PM we started downstairs. The walk took less time than expected, so we arrived about five minutes early, but Kevin was watching for us outside, with Mei‑li and Amber already seated inside. The restaurant was I Holic Pizza … which, despite the name, was a fairly fancy place that served pizza, pasta, and steak. Kevin was the only one that got pizza; Amber had a curry dish, and the other three of us ordered ribeye.

(Mei‑li didn’t feel we had received proper service, and had a lengthy conversation with the manager after we’d finished. Susan and I wound up being comped a couple of desserts — which we took back ‘home’ with us — but Mei‑li insisted it wasn’t about getting anything, she just wanted to make sure the staff got trained properly.)

The three of them walked Susan and me back to the front door, and we were in the apartment again by 8:00PM.

Reading for Susan, and reading and internet for me, till our bedtime. (Honestly, that’s what we mostly do at home anyway.)